Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of ARTE France. Agency - French program:.Animation and Youth Studio.

Direction, Patrick Bouchard ; animation, Patrick Bouchard ; script, Cynthia Tremblay ; consultant, Marcel Jean ; sound design, Olivier Calvert ; editing, Alain Baril, Stéphane Lafleur ; animator, Pierre M. Trudeau, Chantal Masson ; music, Robert Marcel Lepage ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Luc Léger ; re-recording, Serge Boivin ; digital imaging specialist, Pierre Plouffe, Susan Gourley ; executive producer, René Chénier ; producer, Julie Roy.

Recorded 2012.

Like a dream in the morning mist, a mighty ox emerges from the rain-soaked earth dragging the remnants of an old cart. A prisoner of its yoke, the great beast pulls its heavy load, which carries within it a greedy and angry nation of people-a hungry parasite that saps its energy and consumes its body and soul.   An allegory of mankind heading for disaster, Bydlo is a tragic vision inspired by the fourth movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Drawing on the composer's brilliant ability to evoke work and labour in his music, Patrick Bouchard brings the earth to life through animated clay sculptures, creating a concrete and terrifying world, a tactile nightmare in which man is his own slave driver.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Grand prix, 2013 Special Distinction, 2012 Best Canadian Short, 2013 Special Jury Mention in the Best International Animation Short Category (Professional), 2013 Best Animation Film, 2013 Special Award for Technical Achievement in the Animation Category, 2012 Coup de coeur (animation) Special Prize, 2012 Grand Prix of the Festival - The Golden Jabberwocky with a cash prize of €2500, 2012 Best Professional Short, 2012 Meilleur court/moyen métrage d'animation, 2013 Special Mention, 2014

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