Bydlo
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Like a dream in the morning mist, a mighty ox emerges from the rain-soaked earth dragging the remnants of an old cart. A prisoner of its yoke, the great beast pulls its heavy load, which carries within it a greedy and angry nation of people -- a hungry parasite that saps its energy and consumes its body and soul.
An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by the fourth movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Drawing on the composer's brilliant ability to evoke work and labour in his music, Patrick Bouchard brings the earth to life through animated clay sculptures, creating a concrete and terrifying world, a tactile nightmare in which man is his own slave driver.
An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by the fourth movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Drawing on the composer's brilliant ability to evoke work and labour in his music, Patrick Bouchard brings the earth to life through animated clay sculptures, creating a concrete and terrifying world, a tactile nightmare in which man is his own slave driver.
Characters
Ox
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Patrick Bouchard
Producing
- Producer
- Julie Roy
- Line Producer
- Francine Langdeau
- Executive Producer
- René Chénier
Writing
- Writer
- Cynthia Tremblay
- Original Idea
- P.A. Bouchard
- Consultant
- Marcel Jean
Animation
- Animator
- Patrick Bouchard, Pierre M. Trudeau, Chantal Masson
Music
- Music
- Robert Marcel Lepage
- Musicians
- Stéphane Allard, Céline Arcand, Guillaume Bourque, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, Alexandre Castonguay, Marie-Claire Cousineau, Elizabeth Dubé, Guillaume Garant-Rousseau, Sheila Hannigan, Françoise Henri, Guiy Kaye, Marie Lacasse, Frédéric Lambert, Alexandre Lozowski, Stéphanie MacAlpine, Jean-Félix Mailloux, Olivier Maranda, Claire Ouellet, Pierre Pépin, Josée Poirier, Jean René, Jean-Sébastien Roy, Amina Myriam Tebini, Olivier Thouin
- Electronic Arrangements
- Nicolas Borycki
- Sound Design
- Olivier Calvert
Editing
- Editor
- Alain Baril, Stéphane Lafleur
- On-Line Editing
- Denis Gathelier
Crew
- Visual Effects
- Benoît Chagnon
- Technical Support
- Benoît Chagnon
- Direction Assistants
- Pierre M. Trudeau, Chantal Masson
- Set Builder
- Dany Boivin
- Model Maker
- Jean-Philippe Morin
- Mould Maker - Characters
- Claire Brognez
- Armature Construction
- Dominick Bédard
- Props Masters
- André-Line Beauparlant, Diane Gauthier
- Foley
- Lise Wedlock
- Recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell, Luc Léger
- Re-Recording
- Serge Boivin
- Digital Imaging Specialists
- Pierre Plouffe, Susan Gourley
- Titles
- Réjean Myette
- Director of Photography - Special Effects
- Pierre Mignot
- First Camera Assistant
- Carla Clarke
- Second Camera Assistant
- Jimmy Medellin
- Chief Electrician
- Daniel Chrétien
- Key Grip
- Stephane DeErnsted
- Digital Imaging Consultant
- Jacques Lévesque
- Marketing Manager
- Christine Noël
- Administrators
- Michèle Labelle, Diane Regimbald
- Administrative Team
- Diane Ayotte, Karine Desmeules
- Technical Coordinator
- Julie Laperrière
Production notes
Animated using earth-colored modeling clay.
Premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival.
Director Patrick Bouchard had already won two Jutra awards for his animated short films "The Brainwashers" and "Dehors novembre."
Premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival.
Director Patrick Bouchard had already won two Jutra awards for his animated short films "The Brainwashers" and "Dehors novembre."
Awards
Nominee, Jutra Award, Best Animated Film, 2013.
Nominee, Canadian Screen Award, Best Animated Short, Julie Roy and Patrick Bouchard, 2013.
Special Award for Technical Accomplishment, Animation Jury, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2012.
Coup de coeur (Animation) Special Prize, Fantastique weekend du court métrage québécois, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Short Subject, 2013.
Nominee, Golden Starfish Award, Short, Patrick Bouchard, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2012.
Grand Prix of the Festival "The Golden Jabberwocky," International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima," Cracow, Poland, 2012.
Special Distinction, Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation, Wissembourg, France, 2012.
Best Professional Short, Stop Motion Film Festival, Montréal, 2012
Nominee, Canadian Screen Award, Best Animated Short, Julie Roy and Patrick Bouchard, 2013.
Special Award for Technical Accomplishment, Animation Jury, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2012.
Coup de coeur (Animation) Special Prize, Fantastique weekend du court métrage québécois, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Short Subject, 2013.
Nominee, Golden Starfish Award, Short, Patrick Bouchard, Hamptons International Film Festival, 2012.
Grand Prix of the Festival "The Golden Jabberwocky," International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima," Cracow, Poland, 2012.
Special Distinction, Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation, Wissembourg, France, 2012.
Best Professional Short, Stop Motion Film Festival, Montréal, 2012
