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The Conquerors

2011 12 min
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In this animated short, a young couple washed onto a strange, inhospitable shore, attempts to transform the land into an Eden. Through great effort they prosper, learning to conquer nature and their environment. But what will their victory mean? Alternately a vision of paradise and purgatory, with allusions to the Book of Genesis and prehistory, the film tells the story of human beings and their conquests, offering a dark, critical view of the rise and fall of civilizations.

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In this animated short, a young couple washed onto a strange, inhospitable shore, attempts to transform the land into an Eden. Through great effort they prosper, learning to conquer nature and their environment. But what will their victory mean? Alternately a vision of paradise and purgatory, with allusions to the Book of Genesis and prehistory, the film tells the story of human beings and their conquests, offering a dark, critical view of the rise and fall of civilizations.
  • cast
    Pauline Morand
    Benjamin Robert
    Mathilde Fauchier
    Étienne Rozand
    Éliane Baccino
    Tibor Banoczki
    Èva Baraglioli
    Malek Bentroudi
    Mattéo Bentroudi-Moreau
    Élisabeth Bessard
    Isabelle Brocal
    Luc Chareyron
    Benoît Chieux
    Louis Chieux
    Juliette Chieux
    Théo Ciret
    Jéri Collomb
    Fernand De Castro
    Gaulthier Durhin
    Patricia Epaillard
    Cédric Epaillard
    Nicolas Flory
    Camille Fouilhé
    Pierre-Luc Granjon
    Myriam Gras
    Carole Guénault
    Nolan Guenault Valladares
    Loucia Guenault Valladares
    Hugo Guichard
    Boris Lahittette
    Margot Lengelle-Machard
    Nicolas Pinet
    Benoît Razy
    Bastien Razy
    Nicolas Rideau
    Anne Robert
    Jeanne Scour
    Sara Sponga
    Sarolta Szabo
    Yoann Thomain
  • direction
    Tibor Banoczki
    Sarolta Szabo
  • 1st assistant director
    Théo Ciret
  • casting
    Théo Ciret
  • cinematographer
    Sara Sponga
  • camera assistant
    Nicolas Rideau
  • costume designer
    Dominique Fournier
  • catering
    Éliane Baccino
  • compositing assistant
    Émilie Sengelin
  • animation assistant
    Émilie Sengelin
  • intern
    Camille Bourrier
  • editing
    Hervé Guichard
  • script development consultant
    Anna Higgs
  • original music
    Chris White
  • sound design
    Stefan Smith
  • musician
    Hutch Demouilpied
    Kristy Mangan
    Stéphanie Benedetti
    Nathalie Holt
    Rachael Lander
    Lewis McCallum
  • script
    Tibor Banoczki
    Sarolta Szabo
  • animation
    Tibor Banoczki
    Sarolta Szabo
  • backgrounds
    Tibor Banoczki
    Sarolta Szabo
  • compositing
    Tibor Banoczki
    Sarolta Szabo
  • producer
    Pascal Le Nôtre
    Julie Roy
    René Chénier
  • line production
    Emmanuel Bernard
    Francine Langdeau
  • re-recording
    Yoann Veyrat
  • laboratory
    Arane Gulliver

Education

Ages 13 to 16
School subjects
In history and humanities classes, invite students to pick out the historical, social, religious and political metaphors in the film. In art class, use the film to inspire a collage (paper or digital) that illustrates, through metaphor, the topics of war, love and society. Invite the class to interpret each work without revealing its meaning beforehand
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