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Draw Me a Song
19918 min 19 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Francine Desbiens
Production: Yves LeducDagmar Gueissaz-TeufelJacques Vallée
Script: Marthe BlackburnFrancine Desbiens
In this charming animated short, a musician drops his son off at day care and returns home to work. Suddenly, the telephone rings. His son leaves a message on the answering machine, "I love you, Daddy." The father tries to concentrate on his composition, but the telephone rings throughout the day, the messages becoming more poignant. Touched by his child's love, the musician, at last, begins to play a beautiful melody on his clarinet. His imagination soars into the clouds and beyond, eventually gliding down to Earth on the beam of a spotlight, where he performs before a full audience. Every seat is occupied by his son, who sings along, "La, la, la, la..."
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Subject categories
- Families > Animation on the FamilyParent-Child Relationships
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
Credits
- director
- Francine Desbiens
- producer
- Yves Leduc
- Dagmar Gueissaz-Teufel
- Jacques Vallée
- script
- Marthe Blackburn
- Francine Desbiens
- animation camera
- Francine Desbiens
- Pierre Landry
- Jacques Avoine
- sound
- Louis Hone
- editing
- Pierre Bernier
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Salvaille
- animation
- Francine Desbiens
- Lina Gagnon
- Michèle Pauzé
- Maurice Trépanier
- Suzanne Gervais
- Chantal Roy
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
- voice
- Robert Parson
- Alexandre Gauthier-Frankel
- music
- Robert M. Lepage
Awards
- Camerio Humanitas AwardCarrousel international du film
- Best Short Animated Film - Category: less than 10 minutesInternational Children's Film Festival