Agency - English program:.Atlantic Centre. Agency:.Co-produced by Global Mechanic Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada.

Director, Bruce Alcock ; producer, Tina Ouellette, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima ; design, Bruce Alcock, Luke Murphy, Dan Sousa, Dirk van de Vondel ; 2D animation, Bruce Alcock, Dan Sousa ; 3D animation, Paul Herschell, Justin Longoz, Joe Truesdell ; artwork, Bruce Alcock, Luke Murphy, Dan Sousa, William Gill, Gillian Wharton ; director of photography, Robert Petrie ; stop motion animation, Bruce Alcock, Mary Lewis ; editing, Nathaniel Akin, Bruce Alcock, Paul Herschell, Justin Longoz, Joe Truesdell ; sound design, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; foley, null The Perlgrubs ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Shelley Craig, Jean Paul Vialard ; executive producer, Bruce Alcock, Kent Martin, David Verrall.

Recorded 2009.

Based on the last recording by one of Newfoundland's foremost traditional music performers, Emile Benoit's tender delivery of the 18th century French song is the heart of Vive la rose. The story of unrequited love and tentative obsession throughout the beloved's life, sickness and early death is the narrative focus, accompanied by an emotional interpretation of Benoit's strong Newfoundland French accent and wavering old man's voice. Vive la rose is animation on location, rooting the film in a location that evokes the past, and combines ink drawings with a variety of romantic and associative elements and objects.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Bilingual.

Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Short Filmmaking Animation, 2010 Honourable Mention- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation, 2009

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).