A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.
Sixty years in the making (it was started in 1948, partially finished in 1952 and reworked by director Paul Grimault for a limited 1980 release), TKATM is a masterpiece of animation and imagination.
Breathtaking. An animated masterwork that stands alone on its own eccentric plinth.
This beautiful reissued French animation draws on Fritz Lang and seems to prefigure the style of Japanese anime.
There's a delicacy and lyricism, a handcrafted quality here not found in contemporary, CGI-animated features.
A beautiful, ambitious animated political fable based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale, this French classic took 30 years to complete – and even longer to get to the UK. It’s a real treat.
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