Deaf to the City explained

Deaf to the City
Native Name:
Music:Ginette Bellavance
Cinematography:Michel Caron
Editing:Louise Côté
Language:French

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]

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]

Notes and 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. News: Lietta Tornabuoni. Nell'albergo dei poveri, fra i miserabili l'elegante signora dà l'addio alla vita . La Stampa. 211. 9 September 1987.
  4. [Gerald Pratley]