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The Circus (2010)

ALL 08/27/2010 (fr) Animation 7 Min
  • Release
    08/27/2010
  • Production
    ONF | NFB, Folimage
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Le cirque
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.

  1. Nicolas Brault

    Director

  2. Story



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The Circus (2010) 7 Min

ALL 08/27/2010 (fr)
Animation
  • Release 08/27/2010
  • Production
    ONF | NFB, Folimage
  • Original title Le cirque
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.

  1. Nicolas Brault

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Hervé Guichard

    Editor

  4. Julie Roy, René Chénier, Pascal Le Nôtre

    Producer



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