#le concert de monsieur et madame kabal

[animation-appreciation-education]

Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal (Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre) 

140 in x of animated feature film history Release: 1967 Country: France Director: Walerian Borowczyk “This film is Walerian Borowczyk's first feature-length film, as well as his last animated film. Featuring characters from Borowczyk’s 1962 short film Le Concert de Monsieur et Madame Kabal, the film is the dark and grotesque story of a married couple: the wife––a mechanical monster made up of iron parts––and her henpecked husband. When Mrs. Kabal eats a butterfly, she gets indigestion and her husband has to travel to his wife's insides to search for the cause of her illness.

A surreal mixture of cut-out and drawn animation is used, but also clippings of old illustrations and photographs and even a processed live-action appearance by the director himself. Most images are black-and-white, with only the occasional colored element.  

The film won the Interfilm Award at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in 1967.”

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UPDATED: 9/10/18