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Genres: Animation, War, Drama
Release Date: 02/06/2010
Duration: 6 minutes
Director: Claude Cloutier
Production: ONF | NFB
Country: Canada

Overview:

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.