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A man and woman are carried by stormy seas onto a strange, inhospitable shore. They then embark on an epic adventure, attempting to survive in their new world and gain mastery over it. Time passes; they domesticate wild animals and, driven by hunger, they work the land. Thanks to their ceaseless hard work and toil, their wealth increases and their family grows. The time comes when they feel the urge to explore, to go ever higher, beyond what has become familiar. Perhaps, even, to meet the Other . . . and risk losing their Eden. Could it be that this urge that propels them forward is the need for conquest? An allegory of the very origins of civilization, with passing references to prehistory and the Bible, the animated film The Conquerors tells the story of human beings and the societies they create.

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The Conquerors

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Authors

Banoczki, Tibor
Szabo, Sarolta
Le Nôtre, Pascal
Roy, Julie
Chénier, René
Folimage Studio (valence)
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

Allegorical treatmentAnimated filmsCivilizationCreationDestruction

Language

No linguistic content

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2013.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (12 min., 17 sec.) : sound, black and white.

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General Note

Agency:.Produced by Folimage Studio and the National Film Board of Canada with the participation and the support of CNC and of Canal+, and with the support of La Région Rhône-Alpes and of Procirep - Angoa.
Agency - French program:.Animation and Youth Studio.

Credit Note

Direction, Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo ; cinematographer, Sara Sponga ; costume designer, Dominique Fournier ; editing, Hervé Guichard ; script development consultant, Anna Higgs ; original music, Chris White ; sound design, Stefan Smith ; script, Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo ; animation, Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo ; producer, Pascal Le Nôtre, Julie Roy, René Chénier ; re-recording, Yoann Veyrat.

Performer Note

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.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2011.

Summary

A man and woman are carried by stormy seas onto a strange, inhospitable shore. They then embark on an epic adventure, attempting to survive in their new world and gain mastery over it. Time passes; they domesticate wild animals and, driven by hunger, they work the land. Thanks to their ceaseless hard work and toil, their wealth increases and their family grows. The time comes when they feel the urge to explore, to go ever higher, beyond what has become familiar. Perhaps, even, to meet the Other . . . and risk losing their Eden. Could it be that this urge that propels them forward is the need for conquest? An allegory of the very origins of civilization, with passing references to prehistory and the Bible, the animated film The Conquerors tells the story of human beings and the societies they create.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Source of Description Note (R)

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