The hat (1999)

Original title

Le chapeau

Directed by

Michèle Cournoyer

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

6h 10m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who works as an exotic dancer in a bar is reminded of a childhood sexual abuse by a man wearing a hat. The film conveys her trauma without any dialogue.

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What happens

The Hat (French: Le Chapeau) is a Canadian adult animated short film, directed by Michèle Cournoyer and released in 1999. Told entirely without dialogue, the film centres on a young woman working as an exotic dancer in a bar. She recalls an incident from her childhood where she was sexually abused by a male visitor with a hat. The film was screened in the International Critics' Week section of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the award for Best Canadian Short Film. It subsequently won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001, and was later named as one of the 100 best animated films of all time in a critics' survey by Variety. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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