Crac!

Canadian animation. A rocking chair follows the life of some guy and the landscape around it. Dull., Folk music of French Canada accompanies scenes of a rocking chair as it endures the life cycle of a family and ends up in a museum. Evokes the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. Animated.

Credits

Directed by
Frédéric Back
Written by
Frédéric Back
Music
Normand Roger
Complete catalog record
Canadian animation. A rocking chair follows the life of some guy and the landscape around it. Dull., Using colorful pastel animation, this film traces the life of a rocking chair from its creation, to its place of honor in the home of a Quebec family and its exhibition at a museum of modern art. Here, it provides a juxtaposition of old and new coming to life accompanied by French Canadian folk music and nostalgic visuals.
, An old rocking chair hand-crafted from the trunk of a tree links past values with modern progress in this visual folk tale. Colorful animation and French Canadian folk music portray the experiences of the chair: crafted and owned by a Quebec farm family; discarded when broken; and restored and housed in an art museum. Received academy award for animation., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q514910 ↗ — year, country, credits