Tranchée (La)
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.
screenplay and animation : Claude Cloutier
editing : José Heppell
sound design : Olivier Calvert
music : L’Ensemble Cinématique
image : Éric Barbeau
cast : Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier
costume : Francesca Chamberland, Sylvie Charbonneau andSylvie Guillard
sound mixing : Serge Boivin
sound effect : Lise Wedlock
voices : Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin , Martin Watier, Patrick Chouinard, Alexandre Fortin and Guillaume Champoux
historical research : Jocelyne Perrier
production and distribution : National Film Board of Canada, NFB
