Learning on ScreenFortune and Men’s Eyes
- Alternative title
- Aux Yeux du Sort et des Humains
- Synopsis
- Feature film derived from John Herbert’s stage play of the same name. Smitty, a young and naive young man, is sent to a reformatory prison for six months. He is assigned a cell with Queenie, a drag queen, Rocky, a quiet but cocky con man, and Mona, a young gay man. Smitty watches as gangs of inmates brutalise those prisoners who lack protection. Mona is the victim of a series of attacks and in his prison cell recites Sonnet XXIX (from which the title of the film is derived) to Smitty.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1971
- Duration
- 102 mins
Credits
- Director
- Harvey Hart
- Producer
- Lester Persky; Lewis M. Allen
- Cinematographer
- Georges Dufaux
- Screenplay
- John Herbert
- Music
- Galt MacDermot; Michael Greer
- Costume
- Marcel Carpenter
- Cast
Danny Freedman Mona Michael Greer Queenie Wendell Burton Smitty Zooey Hall Rocky
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Keywords
- homosexuality; prisoners; prisons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gay and lesbian interpretations
Notes
- General
- Harvey Hart replaced Jules Schwerin six months into the production. The film was shot in Quebec prison.
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- Name
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- Web
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