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'''''In the Land of the Deaf''''' (French title ''Le Pays Des Sourds'') is a French documentary created and produced by [[Nicolas Philibert]] in 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie">{{cite web|website=France Diplomatie |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406101325/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |archive-date=2012-04-06}}</ref> The film is presented [[French Sign Language]] ([[French Sign Language|FSL]]) and French, with English subtitles and closed captions.<ref name="library1">{{cite web|website=Library Media Project |url=http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/landof.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf}} note that a brief segment in Japan includes [[Japanese Sign Language]] (JSL)</ref> Philibert uses sparse dialogue in creating an unsentimental, non-manipulative work which allows its subjects to communicate their feelings about the richness of life despite hearing problems.<ref>{{cite web| website=U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting |url=http://www.usccb.org/movies/i/inthelandofthedeaf1994.shtml |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf}}</ref>

'''''In the Land of the Deaf''''' (French title ''Le Pays Des Sourds'') is a French documentary created and produced by [[Nicolas Philibert]] in 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie">{{cite web|website=France Diplomatie |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406101325/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/documentary_2312/non-commercial-distribution_2313/documentaries_5315/5-films-by-nicolas-philibert_3149/in-the-land-of-the-deaf_3164/index.html |archive-date=2012-04-06}}</ref> The film is presented [[French Sign Language]] ([[French Sign Language|FSL]]) and French, with English subtitles and closed captions.<ref name="library1">{{cite web|website=Library Media Project |url=http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/landof.html |title=In the Land of the Deaf}} note that a brief segment in Japan includes [[Japanese Sign Language]] (JSL)</ref> Philibert uses sparse dialogue in creating an unsentimental, non-manipulative work which allows its subjects to communicate their feelings about the richness of life despite hearing problems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf |url=http://www.usccb.org/movies/i/inthelandofthedeaf1994.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019133542/http://www.usccb.org/movies/i/inthelandofthedeaf1994.shtml |archive-date=2009-10-19 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting}}</ref>


Prior to its initial theatrical release, this excursion into the unique world of [[Deaf communities]] in France was featured in international film festivals.

Prior to its initial theatrical release, this excursion into the unique world of [[Deaf communities]] in France was featured in international film festivals.
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==Film festivals and honors==

==Film festivals and honors==

This small film has attracted an appreciative international audience. The quotidian life of the deaf as presented by Philibert is distinguished by an unsentimental compassion and an affirmation of the serendipitous.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kardish |first=Laurence |url=http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/819 |title=Nicolas Philibert: The Extraordinary Ordinary |website=Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>

This small film has attracted an appreciative international audience. The quotidian life of the deaf as presented by Philibert is distinguished by an unsentimental compassion and an affirmation of the serendipitous.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kardish |first=Laurence |title=Nicolas Philibert: The Extraordinary Ordinary |url=http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/819 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602202049/http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/819 |archive-date=2009-06-02 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>

* [[Locarno International Film Festival]] (Switzerland), official selection, 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/>

* [[Locarno International Film Festival]] (Switzerland), official selection, 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/>

* [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]] (Japan), official selection, 1993.<ref>{{cite web|website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival |url=http://www.yidff.jp/93/93list-e.html#p3 |title=YIDFF '93 Screening List}}</ref>

* [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]] (Japan), official selection, 1993.<ref>{{cite web|website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival |url=http://www.yidff.jp/93/93list-e.html#p3 |title=YIDFF '93 Screening List}}</ref>

* [[Cannes Film Festival]] (France), [[Un Certain Regard|''Prix de la Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma'']], 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-entrevues.com/ |website=Belfort Film Festival Grand Prize |title=In the Land of the Deaf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Ciné-resources |title=In the Land of the Deaf |url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=50620}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Le pays des sourds |last=Philibert |first=Nicolas |title=Retour en Normandi |url=http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdfe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705053046/http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdf |archive-date=2009-07-05}}</ref>

* [[Cannes Film Festival]] (France), [[Un Certain Regard|''Prix de la Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma'']], 1992.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/><ref>{{cite web |date=May 2018 |title=Each and Every Moment |url=https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/109/10/199277/presse/each-and-every-moment-presskit-english.pdf |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Archipel 35 |page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Ciné-resources |title=In the Land of the Deaf |url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=50620}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Le pays des sourds |last=Philibert |first=Nicolas |title=Retour en Normandi |url=http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdfe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705053046/http://www.festival-entrevues.com/pdf/octobre-2007-bande-annonce.pdf |archive-date=2009-07-05}}</ref>

* Festival dei Popoli (Italy), Grand Prize, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|website=Festival dei Popoli |url=http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |title=''Le pays des sourds'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724061337/http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Festival dei Popoli (Italy), Grand Prize, 1992.<ref>{{cite web|website=Festival dei Popoli |url=http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |title=''Le pays des sourds'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724061337/http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/festival/palmares/2009/33 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] (Canada), Grand Prize, 1993.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/>

* [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] (Canada), Grand Prize, 1993.<ref name="frdiplomatie"/>
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==References==

==Further reading==

* {{cite web|last=Boiron |first=Michel |url=http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/upload_image/app_fp/fiche_complete/payssourds.pdf |title=Le pays des sourds |website=[[TV5MONDE]] |date=April 2004}}

* {{cite web |last=Boiron |first=Michel |url=http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/upload_image/app_fp/fiche_complete/payssourds.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122102256/http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/upload_image/app_fp/fiche_complete/payssourds.pdf |title=Le pays des sourds |archive-date=2008-11-22 |website=[[TV5MONDE]] |date=April 2004}}

* {{cite book|last=Delaporte |first=Yves |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3tPzCns0mQC&q=le+pays+des+sourds |title=Les sourds, c'est comme ça: ethnologie de la surdimutité |location=Paris |publisher=Maison des sciences de l'homme |isbn=978-2-7351-0935-7}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49382889 OCLC 49382889]

* {{cite book|last=Delaporte |first=Yves |year=2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3tPzCns0mQC&q=le+pays+des+sourds |title=Les sourds, c'est comme ça: ethnologie de la surdimutité |location=Paris |publisher=Maison des sciences de l'homme |isbn=978-2-7351-0935-7}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49382889 OCLC 49382889]

* {{cite news|last=Harrington |first=Richard |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/inthelandofthedeafnrharrington_a0acd9.htm |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf" |work=Washington Post |date=October 7, 1994}}

* {{cite news|last=Harrington |first=Richard |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/inthelandofthedeafnrharrington_a0acd9.htm |title=Review: "In the Land of the Deaf" |work=Washington Post |date=October 7, 1994}}

* {{cite news|last=James |first=Caryn |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/14/movies/film-review-discovering-eloquence-amid-silent-gestures.html |title=Review: Discovering Eloquence Amid Silent Gestures |work=New York Times |date=September 14, 1994}}

* {{cite news|last=James |first=Caryn |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/14/movies/film-review-discovering-eloquence-amid-silent-gestures.html |title=Review: Discovering Eloquence Amid Silent Gestures |work=New York Times |date=September 14, 1994}}

* {{cite book|last=Philibert |first=Nicolas |year=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jr_COwAACAAJ&q=le+pays+des+sourds |title=Le pays des sourds |location=Paris |publisher=[[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|Ministere des Affaires Etrangères]]}}

* {{cite news|last=Ramnarayan |first=Gowri |title=Lens view of life |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai |date=April 26, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625074006/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |archive-date=2004-06-25 |url-status=dead}}

* {{cite news|last=Ramnarayan |first=Gowri |title=Lens view of life |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai |date=April 26, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625074006/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042600140300.htm |archive-date=2004-06-25 |url-status=dead}}


Revision as of 12:33, 16 March 2024

In the Land of the Deaf

Japanese version of promotional poster

Directed byNicolas Philibert
Written byNicolas Philibert
Produced by
CinematographyFrédéric Labourasse
Edited byGuy Lecorne

Release date

1992

Running time

99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
French Sign Language

In the Land of the Deaf (French title Le Pays Des Sourds) is a French documentary created and produced by Nicolas Philibert in 1992.[1] The film is presented French Sign Language (FSL) and French, with English subtitles and closed captions.[2] Philibert uses sparse dialogue in creating an unsentimental, non-manipulative work which allows its subjects to communicate their feelings about the richness of life despite hearing problems.[3]

Prior to its initial theatrical release, this excursion into the unique world of Deaf communities in France was featured in international film festivals.

In its subsequent broadcast debut in the United States, the film was honored with a Peabody Award for excellence.[4]

Synopsis

This film focuses on the interrelationships between Deaf culture and language in France. Its overview encompasses a broad range of perspectives, contrasting the stories of a family who has been deaf and thriving for five generations with the story of a woman whose deafness was misunderstood, causing her to be confined for a time in an asylum for the insane.[2] The documentary features d/Deaf and hard of hearing people of all ages and from all walks of life. With their profound deafness in common, the children and adults featured in this film communicate their dreams and thoughts through sign language. In one segment, Philibert focuses his camera on group of schoolchildren who are learning how to communicate in a world where they must read lips and speak words.[5] The personal lives of some of the pupils and various adults are explored, including an actor, a sign-language teacher, and an engaged couple.[6]

Co-production

This documentary was co-produced by multinational partners, which reduced the financial risks inherent in the project; and co-production also ensured enhanced distribution opportunities.[7]

Film festivals and honors

This small film has attracted an appreciative international audience. The quotidian life of the deaf as presented by Philibert is distinguished by an unsentimental compassion and an affirmation of the serendipitous.[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "In the Land of the Deaf". France Diplomatie. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "In the Land of the Deaf". Library Media Project. note that a brief segment in Japan includes Japanese Sign Language (JSL)
  3. ^ "Review: "In the Land of the Deaf". U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "1997 Winners" (PDF). George Peabody Award. p. 64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011.
  5. ^ Nickel, Mark (7 February 2000). "Brown to offer French Film Festival at Cable Car Cinema Feb. 10-20". Brown University News Service.
  6. ^ "In the Land of the Deaf". Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque.
  7. ^ "Co-Productions". Cine-Regio.
  8. ^ a b "In the Land of the Deaf (1993)". New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Le pays des sourds". Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Catalogue". Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009.
  11. ^ Kardish, Laurence. "Nicolas Philibert: The Extraordinary Ordinary". Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  12. ^ "YIDFF '93 Screening List". Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
  13. ^ "Each and Every Moment" (PDF). Archipel 35. May 2018. p. 22. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  14. ^ "In the Land of the Deaf". Ciné-resources.
  15. ^ Philibert, Nicolas. "Retour en Normandi" (PDF). Le pays des sourds. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009.
  16. ^ "Le pays des sourds". Festival dei Popoli. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Best non-fiction film over 40 mins". Mumbai International Film Festival (MFII). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.

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