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The Trenches

Name: The Trenches
Genre: Animation, War, Drama
Released: 2010-06-02
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Gabriel Boileau-Cloutier, Marc-André Bélanger, David Laurin, Martin Watier, Patrick Chouinard

★ 6.9 Rating•6 min•2010

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Overview

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.