A Scream from Silence

{{short description|1979 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = A Scream from Silence | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Mourir à tue-tête}} | image = AScreamFromSilence1979Poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = [[Anne Claire Poirier]] | producer = [[Jacques Gagné]]<br>Anne Claire Poirier | writer = Anne Claire Poirier<br>[[Marthe Blackburn]] | starring = [[Julie Vincent]] | music = [[Maurice Blackburn (composer)|Maurice Blackburn]] | cinematography = [[Michel Brault]] | editing = André Corriveau | distributor = [[National Film Board of Canada]] | 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]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{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 }}</ref> The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[52nd Academy Awards]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref>

It was later screened at the [[1984 Toronto International Film Festival|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.<ref>[[Carole Corbeil]], "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 6, 1984.</ref>

==Plot== A young nurse named Suzanne is kidnapped, assaulted, and brutally raped in the back of a truck by a [[misogyny|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 (actress)|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}}

==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]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==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}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0079581|title=A Scream from Silence}} *{{NFB film|scream-from-silence}}

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