Movies: Jean Vimenet

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man....

The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XVI, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s atte...

A budding romance between two toy dancers is put into dangers when the boy is conscripted into the toy army....

A futuristic cruise ship with a crew of robots is ready to take its first flight. A boy follows his curious dog on board of the ship, but then the ship takes off. The robots sees the boy as a blind passenger and try to get him off the flying ship....

Animated short originally produced in France by Paul Grimault....

A moralist and surrealist fable in which a group of aristocrats have sole access to a private beach in the midst of Paris, where they enact strange games and stylized gestures....

Winner of the grand prize at the 1946 Venice Biennale...

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 ...

The note seller Bicornu is annoyed by a troubadour named Niglo....

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....

Animated short film based on Ambrose Bierce's acerbic New Year's story....

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