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The Day Is Listening

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This animated film is above all a love story told with emotion and delicacy. A man loves a woman; both of them love literature. We discover the murmur of their lives, the harmony of their feelings-and we learn how their affection for novels and poetry marks their existence beyond death. The fruitful alliance of filmmaker Félix Dufour-Laperrière's imagery and the words of Quebec poet Hélène Dorion results in a subtle, sensitive film that resonates in the viewer's heart and mind. In its hybridization of styles and techniques, The Day Is Listening is also a most modern and daring work: its director has deftly expanded the spectrum of traditional hand-drawn animation, incorporating mosaics of real images that express a myriad of intertwining memories as well as the pulse of urban life.

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Agency - French program:.Animation and Youth Studio.

Credit Note

Director, Félix Dufour-Laperrière ; editing, Mathieu Bouchard-Malo ; animator, Jens Hahn ; music, Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière ; sound design, Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; re-recording, Serge Boivin ; digital imaging specialist, Pierre Plouffe ; executive producer, René Chénier ; producer, Julie Roy.

Performer Note

Voice, Tania Kontoyanni, Jessica B. Hill, Guy Thauvette, Martin Sims, Francesca Barcenas.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2013.

Summary

This animated film is above all a love story told with emotion and delicacy. A man loves a woman; both of them love literature. We discover the murmur of their lives, the harmony of their feelings-and we learn how their affection for novels and poetry marks their existence beyond death. The fruitful alliance of filmmaker Félix Dufour-Laperrière's imagery and the words of Quebec poet Hélène Dorion results in a subtle, sensitive film that resonates in the viewer's heart and mind. In its hybridization of styles and techniques, The Day Is Listening is also a most modern and daring work: its director has deftly expanded the spectrum of traditional hand-drawn animation, incorporating mosaics of real images that express a myriad of intertwining memories as well as the pulse of urban life.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).