The Brainwashers Explained

The Brainwashers
Native Name:
Director:Patrick Bouchard
Producer:Marcel Jean
Music:Jean-Pierre Bouchard
Editing:Denis Lavoie
Studio:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:12 minutes
Country:Canada

The Brainwashers (French: Les Ramoneurs cérébraux) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2002.[1] The film centres on two chimney sweeps cleaning memories out of a man's brain in an attempt to understand how the human thought process works.[2]

The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Chris Robinson, "Pictures from the Brainbox: Animators on Animation - 'The Brainwashers'". Animation World Network, May 28, 2018.
  2. John Griffin, "A quick peek at some of what's onscreen". Montreal Gazette, October 12, 2002.
  3. https://playbackonline.ca/2003/03/03/jutra-20030303/ "Quebec-Montreal wins Jutra best film award"