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This funny short animation was written and created by Tali (At Home with Mrs. Hen) and is inspired by the filmmaker's misadventures as a school bus driver in the Eastern Townships. Our protagonist dreams of becoming a bus driver in order to cruise down quiet country lanes and connect with nature, her young charges and their parents. But her idyllic view of her new job is sorely tested after she meets her surly boss, named Killer, and discovers that winding roads can prove treacherous in winter, especially with a faulty clutch. Through her cheeky humour and oblique look at the reality of people living in the Quebec countryside, Tali delivers a film that is unique, witty and touching. - Written by NFB

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Release : 2014
Rating : 6.4
Studio : ONF | NFB, 
Crew : Director,  Online Editor, 
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Genre : Animation

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Reviews

Rijndri
2018/08/30

Load of rubbish!!

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Forumrxes
2018/08/30

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

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Rio Hayward
2018/08/30

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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Derrick Gibbons
2018/08/30

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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Robert Reynolds
2015/06/08

This is a short produced by the National Film Board of Canada. There will be spoilers ahead:This is a quirky, charming short taking a nostalgic look back at the first year the narrator became a school bus driver. The woman has had dreams of being a bus driver, finally gets her license but winds up having only one opportunity-a rather beaten-up school bus. Her boss is a rather crude and taciturn man named "Killer" who, funnily enough, has a dog named "Fatty".We see the driver go through her first day, where her excitement is gradually temped by reality. The children are behaviorally a mixed lot, the roads are rather erratic and the job won't be all she hoped it would be. "Killer" is a surly boss, she gets an apple core thrown at her and is taunted by a student or two.The seasonal changes are rather abrupt, to say the least. The leaves fall off one tree en masse, the driver shears off a side mirror swerving to avoid a crash and she's told, "'Killer's' gonna kill her!" and the job is less fun.Winter happens just as quickly and "Fatty" has a really bad day. The driver has to come in even when she's sick and "Killer" continues to be "charming", particularly when she puts the bus into the ditch. Through all this, she perseveres and she's asked if she'll be coming back next year. The ending of the short indicates that, one, she comes back and, two, "Killer" is in for interesting times.This short is available for viewing and is well worth watching. Recommended.

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Steve Pulaski
2015/02/25

The concluding short for the Oscar nominated animated short film special and the respective "highly commended" segment is, by far, the strongest of the latter; Bus Story tells the story of Fatty, a woman who has always dreamed of being a bus driver and is tested incomparably with her latest gig. Her boss, nicknamed Killer, gives her a boss with a faulty clutch and little training on the neighborhood's rough terrain, especially in the winter time. Fatty is also somewhat disillusioned by those she's taxiing around, as many of them are quiet or ungrateful children. Nonetheless, she remains positive and grateful of her new gig and decides to keep at it, even if certain occurrences, many of which are slightly dark in context to the short, don't go in her favor.Bus Story has reiterated a point I've long made to my friends, which is that driving a bus is a pretty thankless job, especially a bus full of schoolage kids. Rarely do the kids say "thank you" to the selfless driver, only offer criticism when he/she fails to show up exactly on time or early, and constant chatter and noise on the bus makes it difficult for the driver to concentrate on the road. Combine that with all the stress that one accident or false move can make it so you never get behind the wheel of a bus for the rest of your life and it's an underrated, stressful job. Bus Story shows that through light-hearted, occasionally dark humor and a fun animation style. It's a thoroughly pleasant endeavor that gets by on the charisma and persistence of its naive character, and makes it so we enjoy the time we spend with her and also learn of her struggle.Directed by: Tali.

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John Doe
2015/02/21

Why is it that whenever a woman gets a chance to make a short movie, it always has to be a sappy retelling of her own personal life? While male directors make thrillers and comedies and musicals and sci-fis about all sorts of strange characters; women only want to make movies about themselves, and whether you're watching the Oscar nominated shorts or a bunch of shorts from film students, it's always the same. Short movies made by women, are all about the director's own life stories.This wouldn't have been a problem, had all female filmmakers lived spectacularly interesting lives, but sadly this is not the case, and time and time again I've had to sit through terrible films like this, where a woman tells her "fascinating" story, about the time she drove a bus. Whoohoo, please tell me more about how you had trouble shifting gears.You see the same trend amongst bloggers: Men blog about politics and technology and cars and all kinds of stuff. Women blog about themselves, because they think they're such special snowflakes.Yuk.

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Hellmant
2015/02/04

'BUS STORY': Three Stars (Out of Five)An 11 minute animated short film (featured in theaters as a 'Highly Commended' animated short; played with the '2015 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films'). It tells the tale of a woman who desperately wanted to become a school bus driver; only to be somewhat let down by the hardships of the job, when she finally achieves her dream. The film was written and directed by a filmmaker named Tali; who based the short on their own experiences bus driving, in southeastern Quebec. The movie is funny and the animation has a lot of charm and character to it. There's not a lot of depth to the story, or characters, but it is fun to watch.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://youtu.be/D17O2xOoOCw

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