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The Old Lady and the Pigeons

The Old Lady and the Pigeons

19977.60h 25m

Overview

A starving gendarme, wasting away from hunger, is reduced to grabbing castoff snacks from fat American tourists. When he sees as old woman feeding pigeons, in desperation he hits on the bizarre idea of dressing up as one...

Directed by Sylvain Chomet
Written by Alan Gilbey, David Max Freedman, Sylvain Chomet
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Top Cast

J

James Pidgeon

Himself (voice)

M

Michoue Sylvain

(voice)

A

Andrea Usher-Jones

(voice)

Themes & Keywords

pigeonshort film

About The Old Lady and the Pigeons

The Old Lady and the Pigeons is a animation, comedy film released in 1997 exploring themes of pigeon, short film. Directed by Sylvain Chomet, it stars James Pidgeon, Michoue Sylvain, Andrea Usher-Jones. A starving gendarme, wasting away from hunger, is reduced to grabbing castoff snacks from fat American tourists. When he sees as old woman feeding pigeons, in desperation he hits on the bizarre idea of dressing up as one...

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