Caroline Leaf's adaptation of Mordecai Richler's short story "The Street" discusses the impending death of the great author's grandmother, and his reaction to this as a child, via her trademark paint-on-glass animation style.
Leaf's technique has a wonderfully alluring metamorphic transitory quality to it that gives the narrative a pleasant flow.
Enabling her to bring the Jewish culture of Montreal's St. Urbain St to life.
The whole thing is only about 10 minutes long, but the animation immerses you into this cultural world, as seen through the eyes and naievety of a young child, starting to come of age.
And we, as viewers, can only help but empathize, and recollect on our own experiences and relationship with our own grandparents, as a result.
For many, this would involve dealing with the loss of such an important individual in our lives...and the anxieties that arise from such an experience.
Another wonderful animation from one of Canada and the NFB's most renown animators.
6.5 out of 10.
Leaf's technique has a wonderfully alluring metamorphic transitory quality to it that gives the narrative a pleasant flow.
Enabling her to bring the Jewish culture of Montreal's St. Urbain St to life.
The whole thing is only about 10 minutes long, but the animation immerses you into this cultural world, as seen through the eyes and naievety of a young child, starting to come of age.
And we, as viewers, can only help but empathize, and recollect on our own experiences and relationship with our own grandparents, as a result.
For many, this would involve dealing with the loss of such an important individual in our lives...and the anxieties that arise from such an experience.
Another wonderful animation from one of Canada and the NFB's most renown animators.
6.5 out of 10.