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Pachyderme
Sign in to save'''''''''' () is a 2022 French animated short film directed by Stéphanie Clément. Blending traditional and computer animation, the film is a subtle narrative about a young girl's survival of childhood abuse. The animation creates a visual metaphor for the dissociative nature of the trauma she suffers. It features the voice of Christa Théret. It won Best Short Film at the Manchester Animation Festival and Best Animated Short at the Foyle Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
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6.8As every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grand-parents for a few days of vacation in the country. The green grass of the garden, the swimming in the lake, the fishing with Grandpa, everything seems as sweet as Grandma's strawberry pies. Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
Cast
- Christa Théret as Narrator (voice)
Themes
- child abuse
- grandparents
- summer
- woman director
- short film
- child sexual abuse
- grandfather granddaughter relationship
- french
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- publication date
- 2022-06-12
- title
- Pachyderme
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'''''''''' () is a 2022 French animated short film directed by Stéphanie Clément. Blending traditional and computer animation, the film is a subtle narrative about a young girl's survival of childhood abuse. The animation creates a visual metaphor for the dissociative nature of the trauma she suffers. It features the voice of Christa Théret. It won Best Short Film at the Manchester Animation Festival and Best Animated Short at the Foyle Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
==Synopsis== A nine-year-old girl is dropped off by her parents at her grandparents' country house, where she is to spend ten days on holiday. On the way to her room she has to walk past the tusk of a pachyderm. At night, she is frightened by the knots of wood in the ceiling that resemble eyes. Rather than count sheep, she must kill the "monsters" to fall asleep. She is also unsettled by the old wooden floorboards that creak outside her room. Her grandmother assures her that her room is safe and that nothing can happen to her at their home, telling her to go to sleep. She hides in the wallpaper and closes her eyes.