Le Roi et l'Oiseau
Director: Paul Grimault
Cast: Jean Martin, Renaud Marx, Agnès Viala, Pascal Mazzotti, Albert Médina
The King and the Mockingbird — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Le travail, c'est la liberté.
Context
Spoken by the usurper King when he sends the 'real' King and the heroes to the factory to mass-produce statues.
Meaning
Literally 'Work is liberty.' This is a chilling reference to the Nazi slogan 'Arbeit macht frei' on the gates of concentration camps, highlighting the totalitarian nature of the King's regime.
Le monde est une merveille. Il y a le jour, il y a la nuit. Le soleil, la lune et les étoiles.
Context
Spoken in the dark lower city, inspiring the downtrodden inhabitants who have never seen the sky.
Meaning
A poetic affirmation of the beauty of the natural world, which exists outside the King's artificial and gloomy kingdom.
Je suis le roi, tout le monde m'aime !
Context
The King says this while his subjects are clearly terrified of him.
Meaning
Demonstrates the King's delusion and the echo chamber of dictatorship where fear is mistaken for love.
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