Agency - French program:.Animation/Youth Studio.

Direction, Jacques Drouin ; script, Jacques Drouin ; camera, Jacques Drouin ; editing, Jacques Drouin ; animation, Jacques Drouin ; sound design, Marie-Claude Gagné ; original music, Benoît Groulx ; recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; foley, Jérôme Décarie ; re-recording, Michel Descombes, Réjean Juteau ; producer, Thérèse Descary, Jean-Jacques Leduc.

Voice, Alain Goulem.

Recorded 2001.

An animated film by Jacques Drouin based on a book by novelist Jacques Godbout, translated by Sheila Fischman. Capturing all the twists and turns of this dramatic tale, the acclaimed pinscreen master brings to life the wild savannahs of Africa and the colours and textures of a Canadian autumn. Antoine is fascinated with his neighbour, a mysterious character who is rumoured to have once been a big game hunter. The young boy convinces his new friend to teach him to hunt. But the lesson Antoine learns from the wise old man is not at all what he had expected. What Antoine learns is a reverence for life.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Jury Award, 2001 Special Jury Award - Film and Video Production / Category: The Arts / Cultural, 2002 Certificate of Excellence - Category: Animated Short Film given by the Children's Jury, 2002 Honorable Mention - Category: Children and Youth, 2001

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