Mr. Pascal

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Movie
Original title Mr. Pascal
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1979
length 7 minutes
Rod
Director Alison de Vere
script Alison de Vere
production Wyatt-Cattaneo, London
music John Smith
Derek Hodson
cut Sean Lenihan

Mr. Pascal is a British animated short film directed by Alison de Vere in 1979. The film starts out in black and white, but turns in color as Mr. Pascal remembers his youth. Further color sequences begin in the scenes around Jesus.

action

The aging shoemaker Mr. Pascal is sitting on a bench in front of a church. He thinks back to the time when he was young, his wife, their child and the constant work that he now does alone. His thoughts about driving nails into the sole of a shoe bring him back to reality. A life-size crucifix hangs next to the bench. Mr. Pascal rushes into his workshop and fetches a pair of pliers. With it he pulls the lowest nail from the crucifix and then the two nails on the hands of the crucified. He puts the Jesus figure on the bench. As he rushes to the workshop again, the cross falls from the wall and it begins to rain. Back at the bank, Mr. Pascal treats Jesus, puts plasters on his wounds, burns the crown of thorns and dresses him. Later they both sit around the campfire and drink together. Two musicians begin to play and more and more people arrive. The wine does not run out and the bread that has been cut is always whole again, so that everyone present eats and drinks. The big celebration goes on all night. The next morning - Mr. Pascal is lying on the bench and sleeping - two archangels appear and sweep away the remains of the celebration. In place of the missing crucifix, they plant a tree. It blooms when Mr. Pascal wakes up.

Awards

Mr. Pascal won the Grand Prix (later Cristal d'Annecy) of the Festival d'Animation Annecy in 1979 . In 1980 he was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Short Film category.

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