A Child in His Country (1967)
- Directed by
- Pierre Moretti
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young immigrant boy dreams up adventures as a hunter, cowboy, hockey player and swimmer. The film shows Canada from his imaginative point of view.
whimsicalgentleplayfuldreamlikehopefulnostalgicimaginativelighthearted
What happens
A Child in His Country (French: Un enfant...un pays) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Pierre Moretti and released in 1967. Blending various styles of animation including drawn backgrounds and photographic inserts, the film is a portrait of Canada through the eyes of a young boy who has recently immigrated to the country with his family, and imagines himself in various situations as a hunter of polar bears, a cowboy, a hockey player and a swimmer. The film's score, by Pierre F. Brault, was noted as one of the first times Brault had ever composed a film score in a rock modality. It received an honorable mention for Best Animated Short at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968, although no winner was named above it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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