Le chapeau
- Animation
- 6 min
- français
- 1999
A young woman works as an exotic dancer in a bar. She recalls an incident from her childhood in which she was physically abused by a male visitor. This inner journey brings back painful memories, including the obsessive image of a hat. Black-ink drawings, spare and rapidly executed, flow together in a succession of troubling and striking metamorphoses. The Hat is a tough, visceral experience. With naked honesty, animator Michèle Cournoyer invites the audience to share in the pain of a woman whose body is on display and whose soul is forever soiled. A film without words.
v. anglaise:
The Hat
Directed by :
Awards and recognition : Prix John Spotton Award, Toronto International Film Festival
Prix Téléfilm, Canada meilleur film canadien
Prix spécial du jury œcuménique Festival Oberhausen, Allemagne
Prix Fipresci, Festival d'animation Annecy France
Prix spécial du jury Valadolid, Espagne
Prix spécial du jury World Animation, L.A.
Figure au palmarès des cent plus importants courts métrages d’animation de tous les temps
Distribution : ONF
Diffusion : Festival de Cannes, Semaine de la critique