Deaf to the City

Deaf to the City (French: Le sourd dans la ville) is a 1987 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Mireille Dansereau and based on the novel with the same name by Marie-Claire Blais.[1] The film stars Angèle Coutu as Florence, a woman who moves into a seedy hotel in downtown Montreal after her husband leaves her, befriending the hotel's owner Gloria (Béatrice Picard) and her deaf son Mike (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge).[2]

Deaf to the City
FrenchLe sourd dans la ville
Directed byMireille Dansereau
Written byMireille Dansereau
Michèle Mailhot
Jean-Joseph Tremblay
Based onLe sourd dans la ville by Marie-Claire Blais
Produced bySuzanne Laverdière
Claire Stevens
StarringAngèle Coutu
Béatrice Picard
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
CinematographyMichel Caron
Edited byLouise Côté
Music byGinette Bellavance
Release date
  • October 30, 1987 (1987-10-30)
LanguageFrench

The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[3]

In his 2003 book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerald Pratley referred to it as "a bleak story to read, and an even bleaker film to watch".[4]

Cast

References

  1. Aa. Vv. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sourd dans la ville, Le – Film de Mireille Dansereau". Films du Québec, March 14, 2009.
  3. Lietta Tornabuoni (9 September 1987). "Nell'albergo dei poveri, fra i miserabili l'elegante signora dà l'addio alla vita". La Stampa. No. 211.
  4. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 57.


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