A Scream from Silence (French: 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.[1] 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.[2]
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Directed by | Anne Claire Poirier |
Written by | Anne Claire Poirier Marthe Blackburn |
Produced by | Jacques Gagné Anne Claire Poirier |
Starring | Julie Vincent |
Cinematography | Michel Brault |
Edited by | André Corriveau |
Music by | Maurice Blackburn |
Distributed by | NFB |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
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.
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