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The Trenches

Animation, War, Drama | 2010-06-02 | Canada

IMDB6.6 / 10

Budget$0

Budget$0

Runtime6 min.

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.

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ONF | NFB

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