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.
- Year : 2010
- Country : Canada
- Genre : Animation, War, Drama
- Studio : ONF | NFB
- Keyword : world war i, short film, futility
- Director : Claude Cloutier
- Cast : Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier, Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin, Martin Watier, Patrick Chouinard, Alexandre Fortin