| Deaf to the City | |
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| French | Le sourd dans la ville |
| Directed by | Mireille Dansereau |
| Written by | Mireille Dansereau Michèle Mailhot Jean-Joseph Tremblay |
| Based on | Le sourd dans la ville by Marie-Claire Blais |
| Produced by | Suzanne Laverdière Claire Stevens |
| Starring | Angèle Coutu Béatrice Picard Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge |
| Cinematography | Michel Caron |
| Edited by | Louise Côté |
| Music by | Ginette Bellavance |
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| 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]
- ^ Aa. Vv. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sourd dans la ville, Le – Film de Mireille Dansereau". Films du Québec, March 14, 2009.
- ^ Lietta Tornabuoni (9 September 1987). "Nell'albergo dei poveri, fra i miserabili l'elegante signora dà l'addio alla vita". La Stampa. No. 211.
- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 57.