Deaf to the City
6.5
The folks who populate the rundown hotel in this story have all come there from someplace which offered a modicum of hope. Gloria, who runs the place, earns most of her money as a stripper. She lives there with her two daughters and a son with an untreated brain tumor. Charlie, who is forever in and out of jail, is Gloria's sometime lover. A recent check-in is there hoping she can work up the courage to commit suicide, since her rich doctor husband ran off and left her. Another resident is Tim, who keeps company with his dog and his booze in equal measure. A schoolteacher comes by from time to time, hoping to do these people some good, but in choosing this lot to work with, she proves to be just as much of a loser as the rest of them.
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Cast
23 people
Angèle Coutu
Gloria
Also in
Borderline
Marguerite Volant
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Known for
Hold-up
Marie-Claire Blais
Suzanne Laverdière
Mireille Dansereau
Sophie Léger
Known for
Caillou
The Second Arrival
Claire Stevens
Han Masson
Also in
Des fleurs sur la neige
The Red Kitchen
Michèle Mailhot
Béatrice Picard
Florence
Known for
Marguerite
Jean-Joseph Tremblay
Pierre Thériault
Tim
Also in
Réjeanne Padovani
La piastre
Mireille Dansereau Director · Jean-Joseph Tremblay Writer Michel Mailhot Writer
United States release October 1, 1987 · Produced in Canada · Production Societe du Cinema du Quebec Maison de Quatres Arts, Super Écran
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Téléfilm Canada
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Societe du Cinema du Quebec Maison de Quatres Arts
Production
Super Écran
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Radio-Québec
Production
Canada
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Original title
Le sourd dans la ville
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · June 28, 1987
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1987
Theatrical
France
April 20, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
September 1, 1987 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
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