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The Tragic Story of Nling

15 minutes | 17 or older | 2006 | Canada

Animations / Art / Foreign / IndieFlix Official Selections

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Tagline

A man finds that he is no more humane than his animal friend.

Synopsis

Nling is an impenetrable walled slum city whose inhabitants are cut off from the world outside. In this redemption story, animated entirely with paper print outs, a Nlingian man and his best friend Donkey tunnel beneath the wall to find food and alcohol. In their struggle to survive, the lines between man and beast and life and death begin to blur, and each must come face to face with their true nature.

Director's Statement

Jeffrey St.Jules grew up in Fall River, Nova Scotia. He holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University and is an alumni of the Canadian Film Centre’s Director’s Lab. His writing and directing credits include The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles, which won him Best Emerging Filmmaker at the 2005 Worldwide Short Film Festival and The Tragic Story of Nling, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. In 2005 Jeffrey was the first Canadian to be invited to attend the Cannes Festival Residence in Paris where he developed the feature script, The Long Autumn. He is also working on several music video projects as well as teaming up once again with producer Larissa Giroux on a surreal musical feature entitled Bang Bang Baby.

Directed by: Jeffrey St. Jules
Written by: Jeffrey St. Jules
Produced by: Larissa Giroux

Cast

 August: Tom Barnett
Donkey: John Neville
Corporate Criminal: Stephen McCarthy

Crew

 Cinematographer: D. Gregor Hagey
Editor: Randy Zimmer
Music: Darren Fung

If Samuel Beckett made animated shorts, he would’ve created something along the lines of Jeffrey St. Jules’ weirdly hilarious story of an alcoholic man and a talking donkey plotting to escape a post-apocalyptic garbage dump. The brilliant animated effects and the hypnotically eccentric story provides a remarkable achievement. It captivates the cerebral regions while tickling the funny bone. For its sheer audacity and striking originality, this is the year’s best short subject. - FILM THREAT MAGAZINE

  • Jeffrey St. Jules

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    Jeffrey St. Jules

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