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2007 8 min
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Entre l'égoïsme des bourgeois et la bête passivité de leurs serviteurs, ce court métrage de marionnettes présente la tragi-comédie d'une société agonisante, dont les membres aveuglés se réfugient dans des comportements absurdes. Film sans paroles.

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Entre l'égoïsme des bourgeois et la bête passivité de leurs serviteurs, ce court métrage de marionnettes présente la tragi-comédie d'une société agonisante, dont les membres aveuglés se réfugient dans des comportements absurdes. Film sans paroles.

Psychology and Psychiatry All subjects
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  • animation
    Patrick Bouchard
  • direction
    Patrick Bouchard
  • script
    Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
  • art direction
    Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
  • editing
    Natacha Dufaux
  • puppets
    Dominick Bédard
    Jacynthe Dallaire
  • sets
    Kristine Girard
    Marcel Mercier
    Dany Boivin
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • None
    François Bélanger
  • voice
    Diane Lefrançois
    Daniel Malenfant
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • music
    Charles Cotvin
  • musician
    David Bordeleau
    Marc-Antoine Corbeil
    Jason de Carufel
    Uliana Drugova
    Sylvain Lapointe
  • recording on film
    Pierre Landry
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • editing technician
    Ochelle Greenidge
    Ariel Santana
  • marketing officer
    Julie Arseneault
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • administrative team
    Diane Ayotte
    Michèle Labelle
  • technical coordinator
    Julie Laperrière
  • delegate producer
    Francine Langdeau
  • executive producer
    Michèle Bélanger
    René Chénier
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand

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Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values
Discuss the director's intended message by ending the film with the two figures on red carpets. Discuss the importance of working together to sustain a community. What are the disadvantages of inequalities?
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