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LE DORTOIR

53 minutes/Grades 10-Adult

Produced by Niv Fichman/Rhombus Media and CBC

This highly acclaimed dance drama is an adaptation of the
stage production "Le Dortoir', which played to sold-out houses
in North America and Europe. It is set in a long-deserted
Catholic school dormitory, and in the mind of a former student
who remembers the joy, repression and anger he experienced
there during the 1960s.

It's a disturbing chronicle of fleeting impressions told
through dance, music and images that range from the erotic to
the violent. The combination of religious authority, sexual
repression and political radicalism that infiltrated the
school during that decade are the incendiary elements, which
infuse the production with a mixture of high romanticism and
gritty urban toughness.

Awards: Best Performing Arts, International EMMY Awards; Gold
Plaque Award, Chicago International Film Festival; Bronze
Medal, International Film & Video Festival of New York;
Special Jury Mention, Prix Italia; First Prize, Best Screen
Adaptation, Festival du Film sur L'Art, Montreal; Golden Sheaf
Award, , Special Jury Award, Yorkton Film Festival; Special
Prize, Banff Film Festival; Best Canadian TV Program, Quebec-
Alberta Prize; Bronze Medal, Grand Prix International Video
Danse, France; Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video
Festival; Best Arts Special, Best Editing, Prix Gemeaux
Montreal; First Prize: Fine Arts & Musical Variety, Golden
Gate Awards; Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video
Festival; FIPA d'Or, Cannes

• "..as moody and quirky as a 'Twin Peaks' episode and as
  bristly with arresting images as a rock video...'Le Dortoir'
  is that exceptional kind of adaptation, one that creates a new
  work of art sensitive to a new medium without compromising the
  voice of the original." The Ottawa Citizen
  

• "A mix of athletic movement, music and poetic text that
  brilliantly creates a portrait of adolescence, both in its
  dreams and nightmares." The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
  
  Subject Areas: DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC
  

ISBN: 1-56029-500-7

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