Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!

199913 min 9 secFilm: Animation, Children's film

Direction: Pierre M. Trudeau

Production: Marc BertrandThérèse Descary

Script: Pierre M. TrudeauPierre-Michel TremblayDenys St-Denis

This charming and amusing animated short for young children offers a timely lesson about the joys of fatherly love. Mr. Edgar's life runs like clockwork - which is not surprising since he's a cuckoo in a cuckoo clock. Not only is he very punctual, he is also compulsively neat and tidy. But one stormy evening, his little world is turned upside down. A branch hit by lightning falls to the ground, dislodging a nest, and three eggs plop uninvited into Mr. Edgar's living room. In no time at all, they hatch into a trio of rambunctious baby birds. It's a crash course in fatherhood for our confirmed bachelor. The hungry little birds take up all his time and attention... but eventually worm their way into his affections.

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Subject categories


  • Families > Animation on the FamilyParent-Child Relationships
  • Animals > Birds

Credits


conception
Pierre M. Trudeau
animation
Pierre M. Trudeau
director
Pierre M. Trudeau
script
Pierre M. Trudeau
Pierre-Michel Tremblay
picture editing
José Heppell
text
Denys St-Denis
English adaptation
Clare Johnstone
voice
A.J. Henderson
original music
Louis Gagné
arrangements
Pierre Potvin
Edgar Bori
musician
Christophe Garenc
Andrée Bilodeau
Marc Vallée
Pierre Pépin
Louis Gagné
sound recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Patrick Viegas
sound design
Claude Langlois
foley
Stéphane Cadotte
Ariane Picher
René Lussier
re-recording
Serge Boivin
Jean Paul Vialard
post-production coordination
Andrée Delagrave
digital imaging resources
Normand Gauthier
Ines Hardtke
Pierre Plouffe
Marie-Nicole Tremblay
titles
Gaspard Gaudreau
administration
Maryse Chapdelaine
administrative assistant
Diane Régimbald
Louisette Goyette
Diane Martindale
marketing officer
Michèle Bélanger
assistant to the producer
Francine Langdeau
associate producer
Marc Bertrand
producer
Thérèse Descary

Awards


  • Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Sao PauloAnima Mundi
  • Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Rio de JaneiroAnima Mundi
  • Second Place - Animated Computer 3D ShortEffects & Animation Festival
  • Best Short Animated Film Award by the Children's JuryFestival International du film pour enfants (FIFEM)
  • Special Jury AwardYorkton Film Festival
  • Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Children and Youth International Film and Video Festival
  • Grand Prize - YouthBoomerang Awards by Editions Info Presse