| A Child in His Country | |
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| Director: | Pierre Moretti |
| Producer: | Jacques Bobet René Jodoin |
| Music: | Pierre F. Brault |
| Cinematography: | Murray Fallen Wayne Trickett |
| Editing: | Wayne Duplessis Yves Leduc |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 13 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
A Child in His Country (French: Un enfant...un pays) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Pierre Moretti and released in 1967.[1] Blending various styles of animation including drawn backgrounds and photographic inserts, the film is a portrait of Canada through the eyes of a young boy who has recently immigrated to the country with his family, and imagines himself in various situations as a hunter of polar bears, a cowboy, a hockey player and a swimmer.
The film's score, by Pierre F. Brault, was noted as one of the first times Brault had ever composed a film score in a rock modality.[2]
It received an honorable mention for Best Animated Short at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968, although no winner was named above it.[3]