The King and the Mockingbird

The King and the Mockingbird 1980

7.75

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

1980

Dead Times

Dead Times 1964

6.80

What is man? Man makes war, man kills man, man hunts, man is executed. A montage mixing original drawings by Topor, original shots and stock shots that ironically analyze what man is.

1964

The Diamond

The Diamond 1970

7.00

The cruel Professor Savantas invites himself into an oasis cut off from the world to recover a huge diamond, which is the totem of the indigenous population and the keystone of the magical balance of the place.

1970

The Young Lady and the Cellist

The Young Lady and the Cellist 1965

5.90

A cellist attempts to rescue a woman swept out to sea, only to find he must battle a series of overly possesive sea creatures.

1965

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark 1967

7.00

In the ark, which has been perched for millennia on a snowy mountain top, an old hermit waits for a new flood. A scientific expedition approaches, just when the rain begins to fall.

1967

The Dog Who Loved Music

The Dog Who Loved Music 1973

7.00

In Paul Grimault's satire of the arms trade, the dealer is alerted to the breakout of war by a signal on his map, so travels in turn to each of two warring countries (his journey is traced for us on the map), selling to each the means of destroying its neighbour. —The Cine-Tourist

1973

Turning Table

Turning Table 1988

7.30

On a winter night, the author of "The King and the Mockingbird" is visited by the cartoon characters he created in his studio. Along with a little clown, he screens a selection of his favorite shorts

1988

Monkey's Teeth

Monkey's Teeth 1961

6.60

A slow and ugly fairy tale based on the drawings of inmates at a psychiatric clinic where LaLoux worked.

1961

A Random Bomb

A Random Bomb 1969

7.00

A stranger enters a town that has been evacuated because of an unexploded bomb. Meanwhile the inhabitants are watching through telescopes and are getting restless at the stranger’s antics.

1969