A Chairy Tale

Alternative Title: 
Il était une chaise

1957
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Synopsis

Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra’s A Chairy Tale is a gender-ambiguous relationship fable. The chair that doesn’t want to be bottom until s/he’s been top shifts the theme away from Cold War geopolitics to the couple, all couples.

Major prizes
Special BAFTA Award in 1958
Nominated for Best Short Subject (Live Action) at the Academy Awards in 1957