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The Threshold

1998 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: Le Seuil (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

A touching reflection on leaving home, this film is an impressionistic look at a son's departure from his mother's house. He hesitates in front of the chest of drawers and his old toy box. Objects turn back the clock, reminding him of childhood, his father's departure, adolescence... His mother also remembers while watching him through a half-open door. Will he succeed in wrenching himself away and crossing the threshold into a new life? A film made up of subtle touches that evoke emotion. A sigh, hesitant footsteps, a tinkling of piano notes, a tremor.

Characters

Son, Mother

Credits

Directing

Director
Suzanne Gervais

Producing

Producer
Yves Leduc, Pierre Hébert

Animation

Animator
Suzanne Gervais
Computer Animation
Suzie Synnott

Editing

Editor
Fernand Bélanger
Sound Editing
Claude Beaugrand

Production notes

A film without words.