The Girl With the Red Beret

20235 min 46 secFilm: Animation

Direction: Janet Perlman

Production: Marc Bertrand (National Film Board of Canada)Christine Noël (National Film Board of Canada)Julie Roy (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Janet Perlman

A production of the National Film Board of Canada.

A girl encounters an array of colourful, extravagant characters during a wild ride on the Montreal metro. As she travels from station to station, and winter turns into spring, her increasingly strange and surprising journey includes random appearances by furniture movers, mounted police, a pickpocket, some singing nuns, a clown, several famous Montreal personalities, and much more. This joyful, heartwarming animated film captures the city in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s timeless hit “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.” Whimsical, funny and full of good cheer, The Girl with the Red Beret celebrates harmony and togetherness in its lighthearted look at the vagaries of taking public transit. The film borrows from elements of everyday life to create an irresistible celebration of the city.

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Subject categories


  • Law and Crime > CrimesSecurity forces
  • Music > Quebec Musicians
  • Social Issues > Urban Life
  • Transportation > Urban Transit
  • Languages > English as a Second LanguageFrench as a Second Language
  • English Language Arts > Quebec Literature

Credits


writer
Janet Perlman
director
Janet Perlman
animator
Janet Perlman
producer
Marc Bertrand
musical adaptation
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
sound design
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
lead vocals
Lily Lanken
Martha Wainwright
voice of the metro
Michèle Deslauriers
choir
Jasmine Bleile
David E. Cronkite
Toby Harper-Merrett
Dane Lanken
Lily Lanken
Sylvan Lanken
Emilie Kathleen Marzinotto
Anna McGarrigle
Jane McGarrigle
Michèle Mercure
Morgan Moore
Chaim Tannenbaum
Peter Weldon
musician
Jennifer Bell
Yvan Belleau
Robert Kuster
François Lafontaine
Anna McGarrigle
Morgan Moore
Fiachra O'Regan
Christopher Smith
Chaim Tannenbaum
Jocelyn Tellier
Joel Zifkin
music recording
François Arbour
music re-recording
François Arbour
foley
Karla Baumgardner
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
voice recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
location recording
Martyne Morin
re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard
online editing
Serge Verreault
titles
Cynthia Ouellet
technical coordinator
Lyne Lapointe
Mira Mailhot
Esther Viragh
technical director
Éric Pouliot
technical specialist - animation
Yannick Grandmont
studio coordinator
Rose Mercier-Marcotte
Laetitia Seguin
administrator
Karine Desmeules
senior production coordinator
Josiane Bernardin
Camila Blos
legal counsel
Peter Kallianiotis
music rights clearance
Sylvia Mezei
marketing
Geneviève Bérard
line production
Mélanie Boudreau Blanchard
Anne-Marie Bousquet
executive producer
Christine Noël
Julie Roy

Awards


  • Best International Short FilmAnimation Festival
  • Best Canadian Short FilmFestival International du film pour enfants (FIFEM)
  • Honourable Mention for DGC Award for Best Canadian AnimationInternational Animation Festival