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
Direction
Grimault and Demy's ghostly collaboration across mortality.
Production
Hand-crafted frames that took 30 years to finish.
Writing
Characters roasting their own creator's life choices.
Director
Paul Grimault
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The King and the Mockingbird took 30+ years to complete after studio interference destroyed the original 1952 version.
Miyazaki and Takahata cited Grimault as a primary influence; this film is Studio Ghibli's spiritual godfather saying goodbye.
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