''The Moving Statue'' (french: La liberté d'une statue) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Olivier Asselin Olivier Asselin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is most noted for his films '' The Moving Statue (La Liberté d'une statue)'', which was the winner of the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des c ...

and released in 1990.Gilles Marsolais, "Retour aux sources: La liberté d’une statue d’Olivier Asselin". ''

24 images ''24 images'' is a French-language film magazine published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. History and profile Founded in 1979 by Benoît Patar, ''24 images'' changed editors in 1987, with Marie-Claude Loiselle and Claude Racine assuming control. ...

'', No. 49 (Summer 1990). p. 4–7. An experimental black-and-white film inspired by the

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

era,"« La liberté d’une statue » d’Olivier Asselin sera projeté à la Cinémathèque québécoise le 14 février"
''Lien Multimédia'', February 14, 2019. the film is presented as an old Egyptian silent film that has just recently been rediscovered, and is being translated to the viewing audience by means of a deaf lip reader whose sign language is in turn translated by the narrator; the silent film itself depicts the story of a young woman (Lucille Fluet) wandering in the desert, who attracts unwanted attention after she miraculously resurrects a man (Ronald Houle) who had been turned to stone. The film's cast includes Serge Christiaenssens, Roch Aubert, Pierre-Charles Milette, Guy Provencher, Geneviève Asselin, André Myron, François Roberge, Alexandre Daniel, Linda Paquet, Carole Bouffard, Pierre Brayer and Carl Béchard, as well as Olivier Asselin himself in a small role as Pyrrhon. The film premiered at the 1990 Festival of Festivals. It was later screened at the 1991 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, where it was the winner of the

Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson The Prix Luc-Perreault, formerly known as the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson, is an annual Canadian film award, presented by the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma to a film deemed to be the best film of the year from Quebec, from among th ...

from the

Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma The Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (AQCC) is a Canadian organization of film critics from Quebec. Formed in 1973, the organization currently presents two annual awards, the Prix Luc-Perreault for best Quebec film of the year and ...

."La Liberté wins Quebec festival". ''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...

'', February 18, 1991. After not being available for a number of years, a digital remastering of the film was screened in 2019 at the

Cinémathèque québécoise The Cinémathèque québécoise is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its purpose is to preserve, document, film and television footage and related documents and artifacts for future use by the public. The Cinémathèque's collectio ...

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* 1990 films 1990 drama films Canadian drama films Canadian black-and-white films French-language Canadian films Films directed by Olivier Asselin 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub