A Scream from Silence
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A Scream from Silence is a 1979 Canadian drama film
directed by Anne Claire Poirier
. It competed in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Anne Claire Poirier
Anne Claire Poirier
Anne Claire Poirier is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. She is one of the most important female filmmakers in Canadian history; her documentary film De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman...
. It competed in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
1979 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Françoise Sagan *Sergio Amidei *Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud *Luis García Berlanga *Maurice Bessy *Paul Claudon *Jules Dassin *Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács...
.
Cast
- Julie Vincent - Suzanne
- Germain HoudeGermain HoudeGermain Houde is a Quebec Genie Award-winning actor. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in Les bons débarras and Un Zoo la Nuit.- External links :...
- Le violeur - Paul Savoie - Philippe
- Monique MillerMonique MillerMonique Miller, OC is a French Canadian actress.In 2001, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.-External links:* at The Canadian Encyclopedia...
- La réalisatrice - Micheline LanctôtMicheline LanctôtMicheline Lanctôt is an actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.-Biography:Lanctôt's post-secondary education was in music, fine arts and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history before switching to film animation, which she...
- La monteuse - Luce Guilbeault - Une cliente
- Christiane Raymond - La disciple
- Louise PortalLouise PortalLouise Portal is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film The Decline of the American Empire, and was a nominee for Best Actress for Sous-sol.Her other film roles have included Séraphin: un homme et son...
- La comédienne - Muriel Dutil - L'epouse (as Murielle Dutil)
- Julie Morand - La secrétaire
- Pierre Gobeil - Le policier
- Jean-Pierre Masson - Voice
- Michèle Mercure - La soeur de Philippe
- Léo Munger - Une violée
- André Pagé - Le gynécologue
See also
- List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film