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The Street
The Street © National Film Board of Canada

The narrator recounts childhood memories of his dying grandmother, whose deathbed was in a room that he wanted for himself.

Released: 1976
Language: English
Country of Origin: Canada
Style: 2D animation
Viewer Warning: Contains mild sexual references
Directed by: Caroline Leaf
Produced by: Guy Glover
Executive Producers: Wolf Koenig
Animated by: Caroline Leaf
Based on: the short story by Mordecai Richler
Of Interest:

A panel of experts at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival voted Yuri Norstein's short 'Tale of Tales' the greatest animated film ever made - an accolade well-known to animation fans. However, less famously, they voted 'The Street' the second greatest animated film.

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