The Trenches

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.

Genre:

Animation, War, Drama

Duration:

6 min

Cast:

Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier, Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin

Quality:

HD

Director:

Claude Cloutier

Release:

2010

Country:

Canada

Rating:

7.1