The Trenches

This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.

Genre: Animation, War, Drama

Stars: Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier, Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin, Martin Watier, Patrick Chouinard, Alexandre Fortin

Crew: Claude Cloutier (Director), Claude Cloutier (Animation), Claude Cloutier (Script), José Heppell (Editor), Olivier Calvert (Sound Designer), Francesca Chamberland (Costume Design)

Country: Canada

Language: EnglishFrançais

Studio: ONF | NFB

Runtime: 6 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jun 02, 2010

IMDb: 4.4

Keywords:world war i, short film, futility

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The Trenches

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