In the Land of the Deaf
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{{Infobox film
| name = In the Land of the Deaf
| image = In_the_land_of_the_deaf.jpg
| caption = Japanese version of promotional poster
| director = Nicolas Philibert
| producer = {{ubl|BBC|Canal+|Fondation de France|La Sept-cinéma|RAI Tre|Télévision Suisse Romande}}
| writer = Nicolas Philibert
| narrator =
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Frédéric Labourasse
| editing = Guy Lecorne
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1992}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
French Sign Language
| budget =
}}
In the Land of the Deaf (French title Le Pays Des Sourds) is a French documentary created and produced by Nicolas Philibert in 1992.{{cite web|website=France Diplomatie |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406101325/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |archive-date=2012-04-06}} The film is presented French Sign Language (FSL) and French, with English subtitles and closed captions.{{cite web|website=Library Media Project |url=http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/landof.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf}} note that a brief segment in Japan includes Japanese Sign Language (JSL) Philibert uses sparse dialogue in creating an unsentimental, non-manipulative work which allows its subjects to communicate their feelings about the richness of life despite hearing problems.{{cite web |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf |url=http://www.usccb.org/movies/i/inthelandofthedeaf1994.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019133542/http://www.usccb.org/movies/i/inthelandofthedeaf1994.shtml |archive-date=2009-10-19 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting}}
Prior to its initial theatrical release, this excursion into the unique world of Deaf communities in France was featured in international film festivals.
In its subsequent broadcast debut in the United States, the film was honored with a Peabody Award for excellence.{{cite web|website=George Peabody Award |title=1997 Winners |url=http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/PeabodyWinnersBook.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726163315/http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/PeabodyWinnersBook.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-26 |page=64}}
Synopsis
This film focuses on the interrelationships between Deaf culture and language in France. Its overview encompasses a broad range of perspectives, contrasting the stories of a family who has been deaf and thriving for five generations with the story of a woman whose deafness was misunderstood, causing her to be confined for a time in an asylum for the insane. The documentary features d/Deaf and hard of hearing people of all ages and from all walks of life. With their profound deafness in common, the children and adults featured in this film communicate their dreams and thoughts through sign language. In one segment, Philibert focuses his camera on group of schoolchildren who are learning how to communicate in a world where they must read lips and speak words.{{cite news|last=Nickel |first=Mark |url=http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1999-00/99-075.html |title=Brown to offer French Film Festival at Cable Car Cinema Feb. 10-20 |work=Brown University News Service |date=February 7, 2000}} The personal lives of some of the pupils and various adults are explored, including an actor, a sign-language teacher, and an engaged couple.{{cite web |title=In the Land of the Deaf (Le Pays des sourdes) |url=http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2006fall/philibert.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115052209/http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2006fall/philibert.html |archive-date=2007-01-15 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Harvard Film Archive}}
Co-production
This documentary was co-produced by multinational partners, which reduced the financial risks inherent in the project; and co-production also ensured enhanced distribution opportunities.{{cite web|website=Cine-Regio |url=http://www.cine-regio.org/co-production/ |title=Co-Productions}}
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- Les Films d’Ici.{{cite news|title=In the Land of the Deaf (1993) |work=New York Times |url= http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/148708/In-the-Land-of-the-Deaf/credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021201851/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/148708/In-the-Land-of-the-Deaf/credits |archive-date=2012-10-21 |url-status=dead}}
- La Sept-cinéma.
- Rhône-Alpes European Cinematographic Centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.rhone-alpes-cinema.fr/presentation/presentation.php |website= Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |title=Le pays des sourds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724140939/http://www.rhone-alpes-cinema.fr/presentation/presentation.php |archive-date=2009-07-24 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rhone-alpes-cinema.fr/catalogue/catalogue.php |website= Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |title=Catalogue |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619213540/http://www.rhone-alpes-cinema.fr/catalogue/catalogue.php |archive-date=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead}}
- Canal +.
- Rhône-Alpes région.
- Centre National de la Cinématographie.
- Fondation de France.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France).
- Rai Tre.
- BBC Television.
- Télévision Suisse Romande.
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Film festivals and honors
This small film has attracted an appreciative international audience. The quotidian life of the deaf as presented by Philibert is distinguished by an unsentimental compassion and an affirmation of the serendipitous.{{cite web |last=Kardish |first=Laurence |title=Nicolas Philibert: The Extraordinary Ordinary |url=http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/819 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602202049/http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/819 |archive-date=2009-06-02 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Museum of Modern Art}}
- Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), official selection, 1992.
- Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Japan), official selection, 1993.{{cite web|website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival |url=http://www.yidff.jp/93/93list-e.html#p3 |title=YIDFF '93 Screening List}}
- Cannes Film Festival (France), Prix de la Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, 1992.{{cite web |date=May 2018 |title=Each and Every Moment |url=https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/109/10/199277/presse/each-and-every-moment-presskit-english.pdf |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Archipel 35 |page=22}}{{cite web|website=Ciné-resources |title=In the Land of the Deaf |url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=50620}}{{cite web|website=Le pays des sourds |last=Philibert |first=Nicolas |title=Retour en Normandi |url=http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdfe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705053046/http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdf |archive-date=2009-07-05}}
- Festival dei Popoli (Italy), Grand Prize, 1992.{{cite web|website=Festival dei Popoli |url=http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |title=Le pays des sourds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724061337/http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead}}
- Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada), Grand Prize, 1993.
- Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain), Special Jury Prize (Prix «Tiempo de Historia»), 1993.
- Mumbai International Film Festival (India), Grand Prize, 1994.{{cite web|website=Mumbai International Film Festival (MFII) |url=http://miffindia.in/archives/3rd%20film-awards.htm |title=Best non-fiction film over 40 mins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162931/http://miffindia.in/archives/3rd%20film-awards.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}
- San Francisco International Film Festival (USA), Golden Gate Award, 1994.
- Potsdam International Film Festival (Germany), Best Documentary, 1994.
- {{cite web|url=http://www.communicatorawards.com/awards/ |website=Communication Awards |title=Stephanie Beacham Award, 1994}}
- Peabody Award (USA), 1997.
See also
Notes
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Further reading
- {{cite web |last=Boiron |first=Michel |url=http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/upload_image/app_fp/fiche_complete/payssourds.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122102256/http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/upload_image/app_fp/fiche_complete/payssourds.pdf |title=Le pays des sourds |archive-date=2008-11-22 |website=TV5MONDE |date=April 2004}}
- {{cite book|last=Delaporte |first=Yves |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3tPzCns0mQC&q=le+pays+des+sourds |title=Les sourds, c'est comme ça: ethnologie de la surdimutité |location=Paris |publisher=Maison des sciences de l'homme |isbn=978-2-7351-0935-7}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49382889 OCLC 49382889]
- {{cite news|last=Harrington |first=Richard |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/inthelandofthedeafnrharrington_a0acd9.htm |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf" |work=Washington Post |date=October 7, 1994}}
- {{cite news|last=James |first=Caryn |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/14/movies/film-review-discovering-eloquence-amid-silent-gestures.html |title=Review: Discovering Eloquence Amid Silent Gestures |work=New York Times |date=September 14, 1994}}
- {{cite news|last=Ramnarayan |first=Gowri |title=Lens view of life |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai |date=April 26, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625074006/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |archive-date=2004-06-25 |url-status=dead}}
External links
- [http://www.dailymotion.com/us DailyMotion.en:] [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9lftf_le-pays-des-sourds_creation Le pays des sourds]—video clip, 01:23 mins.
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107796/ Le pays des sourds] at Internet Movie Database
- [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_land_of_the_deaf/ In the Land of the Deaf] at Rotten Tomatoes
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090315093825/http://nicolasphilibert.fr/ Nicolas Philibert website]
Category:French Sign Language films
Category:1990s French-language films
Category:Peabody Award–winning broadcasts
Category:Documentary films about deaf people
Category:Films about disability in France
Category:1992 documentary films
Category:Films directed by Nicolas Philibert