Le noeud cravate allie à merveille animation de marionnettes et dessin animé. Le film raconte quinze ans de la vie de Valentin. Employé dévoué à sa tâche, leurré par des patrons imbus de pouvoir, Valentin lutte contre l'absurdité avec toute la force de ses espérances.
Ages 6 to 17
Arts Education - Music
English Language Arts - Children's Stories/Fables
Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development
Health/Personal Development - Human Growth and Development
This animated film portrays the stages of life starting from late adolescence, when young adults typically enter the job market. With students, get to the root of the filmmaker’s vision and the means he employed to express it. Where does the play of oppositions (brightness/dull grey, relief/flatness, noise/music, repetition/invention, resistance/submission, etc.) lead in the end? In this symbol-rich film, we may wonder about the ambiguous role played by the mother (the neckties), and remark on the absence of the father. What feeling emerges at the end: sadness or joy?