Clay Footed Giants - McGuire, Mark; Chevarier, Alain
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Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence. Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip. Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu's stay-at-home-dad parenting advice is of no help, and only emphasizes Mathieu's professional shortcomings. The two men soon realize their children are mirrors reflecting old wounds that might never heal. Meanwhile, an unexpected package arrives from…mehr

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Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence. Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip. Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu's stay-at-home-dad parenting advice is of no help, and only emphasizes Mathieu's professional shortcomings. The two men soon realize their children are mirrors reflecting old wounds that might never heal. Meanwhile, an unexpected package arrives from Pat's Estranged father containing letters, photos and a mysterious medal from his time as a soldier in Vietnam, and it propels Pat's obsessive quest to understand his family's dark past. As Pat plunges deeper into h i s research, he and his family reach their breaking p o i n t .With help from Mathieu and Pat's mom. Pat digs down to the roots of their family's intergenerational trauma and learns how to heal himself in the process Growth is possible, but so is oblivion. Eventually, the light pours in.
Autorenporträt
Mark McGuire is a Midwestern born Montréal father, writer, and community housing project manager who played basketball like an English major at Davidson College. A documentary about a Japanese sacred mountain he made with Jean-Marc Abela (Shugendô Now) won the David Plath prize and played festivals worldwide. Clay Footed Giants, co-written and illustrated by Alain Chevarier, was a finalist for French language comic book of the year in Québec. A jury of film and television producers at the Angoulême Comic Arts festival selected their story for its cinematic potential. Alain and Mark are currently adapting their story for an animated feature.