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. 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).
| Deaf to the City | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
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".
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