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Listen To The City (1984)

Listen To The City poster
Original title
Listen to the City
Directed by
Ron Mann
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows several people over a period in a Canadian city. They interact and deal with their personal lives in a low-key way.

observationalurbanunderstatedmoodycharacter-drivenslow-pacedcontemplativenaturalisticlate-night

What happens

Listen to the City is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Ron Mann. Normally a documentary filmmaker, this is Mann's only fictional feature. The film stars P.J. Soles, Jim Carroll, Sandy Horne, and Michael Glassbourg. Featured in small or cameo roles are such notable Canadian counter-culture figures as poets Barrie Phillip Nichol and Barry Callaghan, politician Jack Layton, playwright Sky Gilbert, and radio broadcasters Pete Griffin and Geets Romo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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