The End of Silence (2005 film)

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The End of Silence
Directed by Anita Doron
Written byAnita Doron
Produced byAnita Doron
Erin Faith Young
Starring Ekaterina Shchelkanova
John Tokatlidis
Sarah Harmer
CinematographyAnita Doron
Edited byDuncan Christie
Music byFernando Albert Yu
Production
companies
Faith Films
Riverside Entertainment
Distributed by Mongrel Media
Release date
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Russian

The End of Silence is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Anita Doron and released in 2005. [1] The film stars Ekaterina Shchelkanova as Darya, a Russian ballerina who decides to abandon her dance company after an argument with her director (Max Ratevosian) while on tour in Toronto; without money and with very little knowledge of English to communicate, she is preparing to return home to Russia on her own when she meets Eddie (John Tokatlidis), who becomes a love interest despite their communication barriers. [2]

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The film also stars Sarah Harmer as Nora, Eddie's ex-wife who also becomes a friend and employer to Darya. [1]

Production

Doron stated that she was interested in making a film about communicating through and around silence, as well as in depicting a strong, healthy and supportive friendship between women rather than the more common filmic depiction of female friendships as competitive or duplicitous. [1] She has also stated that she was influenced by the video diaries of Jim Jarmusch. [3]

The film was Harmer's first-ever acting role. [1] Despite her renown as a musician, however, she did not contribute music to the film's soundtrack, as she and Doron agreed on the importance of maintaining a separation between Harmer's music and acting; [1] however, her real-life friends Tanis Rideout, Luther Wright and Chris Brown have small roles in the film as friends of Nora's. [1] Harmer has also stated that she played Nora as a more repressed and uptight version of herself, rather than trying to create a character more dissimilar to herself. [3]

Distribution

The film premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2005 Whistler Film Festival. [4] It was subsequently screened at the 2006 Canadian Filmmakers Festival, where it won the award for Best Feature Film. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Director lauds Harmer". Kingston Whig-Standard , March 10, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Female Eye Film Fest Review: End of Silence from Anita Doron". BlogTO. June 16, 2006.
  3. 1 2 Guy Dixon, "Sarah Harmer's movie debut". The Globe and Mail , June 2, 2006.
  4. ↑ Nicole Fitzgerald, "Borsos Award contenders announced". Pique Newsmagazine , November 11, 2005.
  5. ↑ Chris Knight, "Good location comes with the territory". National Post , June 27, 2006.


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