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The Conquerors

2011 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: Les Conquérants (French)

Studio
Folimage, National Film Board of Canada.
With the Participation Of: Canal +, Région Rhône-Alpes, CNC
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada, Folimage

Synopsis

A man and woman are carried by stormy seas onto a strange, inhospitable shore. They then embark on an epic adventure, attempting to survive in their new world and gain mastery over it. Time passes; they domesticate wild animals and, driven by hunger, they work the land. Thanks to their ceaseless hard work and toil, their wealth increases and their family grows.

The time comes when they feel the urge to explore, to go ever higher, beyond what has become familiar. Perhaps, even, to meet the Other... and risk losing their Eden. Could it be that this urge that propels them forward is the need for conquest?

An allegory of the very origins of civilization, with passing references to prehistory and the Bible, the animated film "The Conquerors" tells the story of human beings and the societies they create.

Characters

Man, Woman

Credits

Directing

Director
Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo
First Assistant Director
Théo Ciret

Writing

Writer
Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo

Animation

Animator
Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo
Animation Assistant
Émilie Sengelin

Editing

Editor
Hervé Guichard

Crew

Casting
Théo Ciret
Cinematographer
Sara Sponga
Camera Assistant
Nicolas Rideau
Costume Designer
Dominique Fournier
Catering
Éliane Baccino
Compositing
Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo
Compositing Assistant
Émilie Sengelin
Intern
Camille Bourrier
Script Development Consultant
Anna Higgs
Backgrounds
Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo
Re-Recording
Yoann Veyrat
Laboratory
Arane Gulliver