Ex-Child

Ex-Child

| 4 min

This short animation tells the story of a young boy and his father, both of whom are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle overhead. His father takes his place and is immediately shot and killed. Horrified, the boy understands that war is not a game. Based on article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates the right of children under the age of 15 not to be recruited into the armed forces.

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Ex-Child, Jacques Drouin, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Jacques Drouin
  • script
    Jacques Drouin
  • animation
    Jacques Drouin
  • producer
    Thérèse Descary
  • sound
    Louis Hone
  • editing
    Suzanne Allard
  • sound editing
    Gilles Quintal
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • voice
    Cedric Dind-Lavoie
    Mark Biunno
    Vincent Lambert
    Benoit Lussier
    François-Olivier Therrien
  • music
    Lucie Jasmin

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