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The Trenches

The Trenches
Movie
Animation
War
Drama

The Trenches

6.6 (4 votes)
2010
6m

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.

Production

ONF | NFB

Languages

English, French

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