Michel Ocelot: "Like Russian dolls, I think I have all ages in me"

At 77 years old, Michel Ocelot, the creator of Kirikou, cult animation director (

Azur and Asmar, Dilili in Paris

) can still be proud of surprising his world.

While he is working hard on his new animated film

The Pharaoh, the Savage and the Mistress of the Jams

, this eternal young man is the subject of a sumptuous exhibition,

Michel Ocelot, the pyrotechnician of the imaginary

, at the Musée-Château d'Annecy designed in collaboration with Yaël Ben Nun, the head of the animation film collections at the Musée d'Annecy.

To discover until October 11.

To read also: The animation cinema, first of the roped party in Annecy

LE FIGARO.

- What do you think of the exhibition dedicated to you on the occasion of the Annecy festival?

Michel OCELOT.

-

Well, first of all this exhibition had a hard time.

She was interrupted by the Covid two years ago.

Result of the races, today is a big exhibition.

It's my journey and I sometimes find it a bit indiscreet, but it's all there!

You are compared to a

"

fireworks of the imagination" ...

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