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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1997 - 20.27 July

Sections & Films

BAROQUE'N ROLL

Category: Edition 1997

Synopsis
Four children are playing on a frozen river, when an oriental child gets off the train and tries to join in their games. The children hit him with snowballs and pull his turban, but when the ice breaks and one of them is in danger of drowning, it will be up to him to save the child.

Original Title Baroque’n Roll
Italian Title Baroque’n Roll
Category Out of competition
Section Planet Childhood: Rights From The Heart
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 4'
Production Year 1995
Nationality Canada
Directed by Pierre M. Trudeau
Screenplay Pierre M. Trudeau

 regista Pierre M TrudeauPIERRE M. TRUDEAU

Pierre M. Trudeau studied film animation at Concordia University in Montreal. He founded an independent company, Cine-Clic, to produce public interest advertising and has since directed some 15 animated shorts, including Last Call Blues (1985) and Buston Keater (1986). Winning the 1986-1987 Cinéaste recherché(e) competition gave him the opportunity to make his first film at the NFB. Kid Stuff (1990), a shattering look at domestic violence, revealed Trudeau's singular style and his talent for designing 3D puppets from construction paper. He went on to make two films in the Rights from the Heart collection for children, 1, 2, 3, Coco (1991) and Baroque’n Roll (1994), both using puppet animation.