A Scream from Silence

{{Infobox film

| name = A Scream from Silence

| image = AScreamFromSilence1979Poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Anne Claire Poirier

| producer = Jacques Gagné
Anne Claire Poirier

| writer = Anne Claire Poirier
Marthe Blackburn

| starring = Julie Vincent

| music = Maurice Blackburn

| cinematography = Michel Brault

| editing = André Corriveau

| distributor = NFB

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1979|5|18}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget = $362,861

}}

A Scream from Silence ({{langx|fr|Mourir à tue-tête}}) is a 1979 Canadian drama film directed by Anne Claire Poirier and starring Julie Vincent. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1936/year/1979.html |title=Festival de Cannes: A Scream from Silence |accessdate=25 May 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730032328/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1936/year/1979.html |archivedate=30 July 2012 }} The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.

Plot

A young nurse named Suzanne is kidnapped, assaulted, and brutally raped in the back of a truck by a misogynist stranger. The nurse's rape and the aftermath are part of a film which a director and her editor are working on. From time to time, they pause the film to discuss their intentions and reactions to the film they are making. Mixed in with the story is documentary footage of the stories of other women who have been raped around the world.

Cast

Julie Vincent as Suzanne
Germain Houde as Le violeur
Paul Savoie as Philippe
Monique Miller as La réalisatrice
Micheline Lanctôt as La monteuse
Luce Guilbeault as Une cliente
Christiane Raymond as La disciple
Louise Portal as La comédienne
Muriel Dutil as L'epouse (as Murielle Dutil)
Julie Morand as La secrétaire
Pierre Gobeil as Le policier
Jean-Pierre Masson as Voice
Michèle Mercure as La soeur de Philippe
Léo Munger as Une violée
André Pagé as Le gynécologue

Production

The film had a budget of $362,861 ({{Inflation|CA|362,861|1979|fmt=eq}}).{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=260}}

Release

The film was shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on 10 April 1980.{{sfn|Evans|1991|p=260}}

References

Works cited

{{cite book|last=Evans |first=Gary |title=In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=1991 |url=https://archive.org/details/innationalintere0000evan |isbn=0802027849}}