The Telephone Eulogies (2008)

Spoken in 12 languages, 'The Telephone Eulogies' is a living experiment on film that combines a children's game of broken telephone, a self-penned eulogy and a trans-cultural cast of ... See full summary »

Director:

Joe Hiscott

Stars:

Fajer Al-Kaisi, Martin Belanger, Jo-Anne Bryan

Cast

Credited cast:
Fajer Al-Kaisi	...	Arabic speaker
Martin Belanger	...	French speaker
Jo-Anne Bryan	...	ASL speaker
Ilona Elkin	...	Finnish speaker
Aimee Lee	...	Mandarin speaker
Brian Lee	...	Russian speaker
Fung Ying Man	...	German speaker
Patricia McKenzie	...	English speaker
Prasad Ananda Pathanjali	...	Tamil speaker
Tekahionhake Peters	...	Mohawk speaker
Sheila Ribeiro	...	Portuguese speaker
Nobuya Shimamoto	...	Japanese speaker

Storyline

Spoken in 12 languages, 'The Telephone Eulogies' is a living experiment on film that combines a children's game of broken telephone, a self-penned eulogy and a trans-cultural cast of translators, performers and language enthusiasts. The film follows the eulogic narrative as it snakes its way through 12 languages and 21 translations, ultimately shedding layers of the original message as it is transformed by miscommunication, misunderstanding, mis-perception and misnomer. Ultimately, the message suffers a slow death by interpretation while continually giving birth to new possible meanings.

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Taglines:

Let us mourn the passing of the message

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Genres:

Short

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

French Mandarin American Sign Language Japanese Portuguese

Release Date:

1 June 2008 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 16,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Etherman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

19 min

Color:

Color

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