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L'ère bête
Thomas Caudron,
Ingrid Menet,
Laurent Mériaux,
Clément Tissier,
Supinfocom Valenciennes
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_L’ère bête_ is a medieval farce dealing with the notions of humanity and bestiality.
In the Middle Ages, a sow and a beggar are invited to a carnival where a crowd of masked men have fun in judging and torturing animals as if they were human beings. Our heroes are arrested and judged in their turn.
The film shows an archaic pagan carnival inspired by Flemish painting as well as surrealism. We follow the two heroes in a universe with its own internal logic that we cannot completely understand and where humanity and bestiality turn out to be intimately related. The illustrative look as well as the original music on ancient instruments contribute to making this crazy vision of ancient times real
In the Middle Ages, a sow and a beggar are invited to a carnival where a crowd of masked men have fun in judging and torturing animals as if they were human beings. Our heroes are arrested and judged in their turn.
The film shows an archaic pagan carnival inspired by Flemish painting as well as surrealism. We follow the two heroes in a universe with its own internal logic that we cannot completely understand and where humanity and bestiality turn out to be intimately related. The illustrative look as well as the original music on ancient instruments contribute to making this crazy vision of ancient times real
Before joining the Supinfocom school, **Thomas Caudron** (FR) studied humanities and political science for two years focused on history, **Laurent Mériaux** (FR) graduated in graphic design, **Ingrid Menet** (FR) studied fine arts at the Valenciennes University and **Clément Tissier** (FR) studied computer graphics at Saint-Luc School in Brussels. _L’ere bête_ is our graduation film from Supinfocom Valenciennes, a computer graphics and animation school in the north of France, where we met.