# Summit Circle

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Summit Circle
| native_name    = {{infobox name module|fr|Contre toute espérance}}
| image          = 
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Bernard Émond](/source/Bernard_%C3%89mond)
| producer       = [Bernadette Payeur](/source/Bernadette_Payeur)
| writer         = Bernard Émond
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Guylaine Tremblay](/source/Guylaine_Tremblay)|[Guy Jodoin](/source/Guy_Jodoin)|[Gildor Roy](/source/Gildor_Roy)|[René-Daniel Dubois](/source/Ren%C3%A9-Daniel_Dubois)|[Serge Houde](/source/Serge_Houde)}}
| music          = [Robert M. Lepage](/source/Robert_M._Lepage)
| cinematography = [Jean-Claude Labrecque](/source/Jean-Claude_Labrecque)
| editing        = {{ill|Louise Côté|fr|v=ib}}
| studio         = [ACPAV](/source/Association_coop%C3%A9rative_de_productions_audio-visuelles)
| distributor    = [Les Films Séville](/source/Les_Films_S%C3%A9ville) 
| released       = {{Film date|2007|||Canada}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = [Canada](/source/Canada)
| language       = [French](/source/Canadian_French)
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Summit Circle''''' ({{langx|fr|Contre toute espérance}}) is a 2007 French-Canadian feature from [Bernard Émond](/source/Bernard_%C3%89mond). The second in his trilogy of films on the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity, which began with ''[The Novena](/source/The_Novena) (La Neuvaine)'' in 2005 and concluded with ''[The Legacy](/source/The_Legacy_(2009_film)) (La Donation)'' in 2009. It was screened at the [2007 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2007_Toronto_International_Film_Festival).

==Synopsis==
Réjeanne ([Guylaine Tremblay](/source/Guylaine_Tremblay)) is a switchboard operator whose life is thrown into turmoil when her husband, Gilles ([Guy Jodoin](/source/Guy_Jodoin)), suffers an apparent debilitating stroke. The film transpires in the past and the present, as a police officer ([René-Daniel Dubois](/source/Ren%C3%A9-Daniel_Dubois)) in the latter tries to solve Gilles's suspicious death (did Réjeanne kill her husband or not?), while the former shows the deterioration of the couple's marriage. A sparse, deliberately paced film, shot in a cinéma-vérité style that continues director Bernard Émond's exploration of the theological themes of faith, hope and charity.

==Critical response== 
*"''Summit Circle'', with its deliberate, undifferentiated calmness, is a prime example of soporific filmmaking, not because it's dull (it's not) but because it's determined that no outbursts, whether of joy or sorrow, will muss up the benumbing tranquility. A little shake-up would have gone a long way toward making this tragedy a more affecting work." –''Variety'' <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Weissberg|first1=Jay|title=Summit Circle (review)|journal=Variety|date=August 27, 2007}}</ref>
*"''Contre toute espérance'' is a movie one lives instead of watches. It affirms Émond's position as one of Canada's – and the world's — great humanist filmmakers."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wente|first1=Jesse|title=Contre toute espérance|journal=Toronto International Film Festival Program Guide|date=September 2007|page=251}}</ref>

==Awards== 
[Prix Jutra](/source/Prix_Jutra) – Best Actress (Guylaine Tremblay)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1094629}}

{{Bernard Émond}}

Category:2007 films
Category:Films directed by Bernard Émond
Category:Canadian drama films
Category:French-language Canadian films
Category:2007 Canadian films
Category:Films scored by Robert Marcel Lepage

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