Solitude
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Solitude is an exploration of the fleeting interconnections that arise, one summer, between two women retreatants and a monk at a rural monastery. Michele, an awkward 19-year-old, is at the abbey as a working guest for the summer. Linda, 35 years old and in a troubled relationship, is at the abbey to sort things out. Brother Bernard, in his mid-30s, has been at the abbey for many years, but for him the questioning never stops – he believes there is no faith without doubt. All three are looking for answers – to questions of faith and purpose, love and identity. By the time the two women leave the monastery, two of the three characters have experienced an epiphany of sorts, a new way of seeing the world. Only the third remains unchanged, continuing to be stifled by the world of appearances.
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Robin Schlaht
Director
Robin Schlaht graduated in 1992 with a degree in film from the University of Regina, where he made several short films. His first non-student production, The People in Black, a lyrical documentary about the Hutterites, has been screened at many international festivals. This was followed by Sons and Daughters, which won awards for best experimental film, best cinematography and best original music at the 1995 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival. Robin’s third film, the feature-length documentary Moscow Summer (1995), was named best foreign film at the 1996 WorldFest International Film Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1999, Robin coproduced and co-directed (with David Christensen) the documentary The Heart Becomes Quiet, about the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. Solitude is Robin Schlaht’s first feature film.
35 mm
89 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English |
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Producers
David Christensen
Robin Schlaht
Associate Producers
Annmarie Lesiuk
Heather Malek
Executive Producers
Larry Bauman
Don Copeman
Director
Robin Schlaht
Scriptwriters
Connie Gault
Robin Schlaht
Director of Photography
Patrick McLaughlin
Editing
Heather Malek
Production Designer
Hugh Shankland
Costumes
Sonja Clifton-Remple
Cast
Lothaire Bluteau
Vanessa Martinez
Wendy Anderson
Eugene Lipinski
Bill Hugli
Mike O'Brien
Michel Marchildon
Bruce McKay
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Production
Zima Junction Productions Inc.
2334 Angus St.
Regina Saskatchewan
S4T 2A4
Canada
(306) 569-9102
(306) 569-7994
zima@cableregina.com
Distribution – Canada
Edge Entertainment
1708 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver British Columbia
V6J 1H6
Canada
(604) 738-5188
(604) 738-5189
edge.ent@edgeentertainment.sk.ca
www.edgeentertainment.sk.ca
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