FILM: The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l’oiseau)
La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York CityThe King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'oiseau) Paul Grimault, 1980, 87 min. To RSVP, please click here. Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, the wildly satirical The King and the Mockingbird follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king. A masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, it is credited by celebrated Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki…