| The Moving Statue | |
|---|---|
| French | La liberté d'une statue |
| Directed by | Olivier Asselin |
| Written by | Olivier Asselin |
| Produced by | Martin Paul-Hus |
| Starring | Lucille Fluet Ronald Houle |
| Cinematography | Olivier Asselin |
| Edited by | Olivier Asselin Claude Palardy |
Production company | Amérique Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The Moving Statue (French: La liberté d'une statue) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Olivier Asselin and released in 1990.[1] An experimental black-and-white film inspired by the silent film era,[2] the film is presented as an old Egyptian silent film that has just recently been rediscovered, and is being translated to the viewing audience by means of a deaf lip reader whose sign language is in turn translated by the narrator; the silent film itself depicts the story of a young woman (Lucille Fluet) wandering in the desert, who attracts unwanted attention after she miraculously resurrects a man (Ronald Houle) who had been turned to stone.[1]
The film's cast includes Serge Christiaenssens, Roch Aubert, Pierre-Charles Milette, Guy Provencher, Geneviève Asselin, André Myron, François Roberge, Alexandre Daniel, Linda Paquet, Carole Bouffard, Pierre Brayer and Carl Béchard, as well as Olivier Asselin himself in a small role as Pyrrhon.
The film premiered at the 1990 Festival of Festivals.[3] It was later screened at the 1991 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, where it was the winner of the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.[4]
After not being available for a number of years, a digital remastering of the film was screened in 2019 at the Cinémathèque québécoise.[2]