Pirouette

If it's true that we are what we eat, then we are having an identity crisis. These days, food's journey from farm to plate is a strange one. And the distance separating the fare on our tables from living beings has wiped out the traditional connection between the eater and the eaten. An old woman has a simple relationship with her animals: she raises them, loves them, kills them and eats them. When she goes to town, her goat becomes the object of curiosity. The townspeople are disconcerted by the unexpected presence of this goat in their midst, then find themselves won over by the animal's charming tricks. For the old woman, however, the goat is both companion and livelihood. The urbanites, once fascinated, are ultimately repulsed by such intimacy with their food.

Old Woman, Goat, Townspeople

A wordless film.

Director Tali Prévost prefers to go solely by her first name.

Release date is that of exhibition at the Montréal World Film Festival.

Nominee, Genie Award, Best Animated Short, Marcel Jean, Tali Prévost and Pierre Hébert, 2003.
Nominee, First Prize (Short Films), Tali, Montréal World Film Festival, 2002.
Special International Jury Prize, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, 2002