| 词条 | The Act of the Heart |
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| name = The Act of the Heart | image = | image size = | caption = | director = Paul Almond | producer = Paul Almond Jennings Lang | writer = Paul Almond | narrator = | starring = Geneviève Bujold Donald Sutherland Monique Leyrac Sharon Acker | music = Harry Freedman | cinematography = Jean Boffety | editing = James Mitchell | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = November 24, 1970 | runtime = 103 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = $450,000 (Canadian) | gross = | preceded by = | followed by = }} The Act of the Heart is a 1970 Canadian film written, directed and produced by Paul Almond. SynopsisMartha Hayes (Geneviève Bujold) is a devoutly religious young woman from Québec's Côte-Nord who fancies herself as some kind of a saint. She has come to Montréal to serve as a nanny to Russell (Bill Mitchell), the son of a widowed business woman (Monique Leyrac). Martha joins a church choir and becomes attracted to Father Michael Ferrier (Donald Sutherland), an Augustinian monk who has selected her to sing solo in an interfaith concert. Russell accidentally dies. Martha suffers a crisis in faith and to Ferrier declares her love for him. Ferrier reciprocates and leaves the order so they can live together with Martha singing to support them. She is tormented by guilt for betraying her profound religious principles she immolates herself on a hill (Mount Royal) overlooking Montréal. CommentThe second of three films by Almond featuring Bujold, it aroused considerable difference in opinion upon its release, but it stands nonetheless as a profound statement on the universal themes of ritual, sacrifice and purification. A disappointment at the box-office, it nevertheless won six Canadian Film Awards - including Direction (Almond) and Lead Actress (Bujold).[1] ‘Act of the Heart is the first Canadian feature film that compares in artistic quality and importance with the best of our literature, painting and music.’ – John Hofsess, Maclean’s. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=170&navid=46|title=The Act of the Heart|publisher=Film Reference Library|year=2003|accessdate=2009-10-21|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012014648/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=170&navid=46|archivedate=2007-10-12|df=}} External links
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