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The Trenches (2010)
Directed by Claude Cloutier
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.
Length 6 minutes
Actors
Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier | Marc-André Bélanger | David Laurin | Martin Watier | Patrick Chouinard | Alexandre Fortin | Guillaume Champoux