The Trenches

Jun 2, 2010

0h 6m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Animation

War

Drama

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Soilder

Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier

Voice

Marc-André Bélanger

Voice

David Laurin

Voice

Martin Watier

Voice

Patrick Chouinard

Voice

Alexandre Fortin

Voice

Guillaume Champoux

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