The Trenches

Name: The Trenches
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier, Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin, Martin Watier, Patrick Chouinard

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NR 6 minAnimation, Drama, War

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 Cloutiers hypnotizing brushstroke the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war

StarringGabriel Boileau-CloutierMarc-André BélangerDavid Laurin

DirectorClaude Cloutier

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