Packet 1: Tossup 3

In 2010, Roger Ebert published a letter by the grandson of a director from this country denouncing a film based on a story that director wrote in the 1950s to reconcile with his estranged daughter. A poet co-wrote an animated film from this country produced over 30 years, The King and the Mockingbird. (15[1])Xilam (15[2])(“ZEE-lam”), a studio (15[2])from this country, (15[1])used Blender to render an R-rated film (-5[1])whose protagonist belongs to an orphan named Naoufel (“now-FEL”). A half-Indonesian animator from this country is the co-creator and voice of the (*) Minions. (10[1])This country’s animated films include 2010’s The Illusionist, (10[2])a 2019 film about a severed hand titled I Lost My (10[1])Body, (10[2])and the (10[1])African folk film Kirikou and the Sorceress. In a 2003 film from this country, three sisters help an old woman find her kidnapped grandson, who is a cyclist. For 10 points, (10[1])what country is the setting of The Triplets of Belleville? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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