The wall of silence. A powerful documentary title to show that deaf people live walled in not in a world without noise, on the contrary, but rather in a society visibly unsuited to their condition. On the occasion of the International Day of Sign Languages, Acadian director Denise Bouchard takes viewers with her on a journey to New Brunswick to meet those who do everything to make the two worlds understand each other a little better. .
We thus meet Francine Dallaire, the only French-speaking interpreter in Quebec sign language in this Atlantic province. Its mission is to facilitate communication between hearing and deaf people, whether it concerns televised public service announcements or private situations in which the hearing impaired face, for example, administrative or medical questions.
Facing the camera, Francine Dallaire remembers the day when she helped a woman, Colette Morin, who, after a misunderstanding, almost lost custody of her daughter Élaine when she simply wanted to find out about the services of keep. But far from focusing on the problematic aspects, the documentary above all highlights a benevolent community that deserves our interest in the richness of its language and to be listened to attentively, without prejudice.
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