Atopia presents
A SILENT LOVE
Directed by Federico Hidalgo
Produced by Pascal Maeder
Written by Federico Hidalgo and Paulina Robles
Vanessa Bauche
Noel Burton
Susana Salazar
Maka Kotto
Regina Orozco
Jorge Zárate
Special Appearance by Carmen Salinas
Associate Producers — Luc Déry, Benoît Chartrand
Director of Photography — François Dagenais, csc
Production Designer — Gabriel Tsampalieros
Costume Designer — Maory Gastelo
Music — Robert Marcel Lepage
Editor — Maxime Chalifoux

Produced with the financial participation of
Telefilm Canada
SODEC (Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec)
Film & Television Tax Credit - Québec
AstralMédia
The Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit - Canada

Produced in association with
The Movie Network
Showcase
Movie Central

Norman — Noel Burton
Gladys — Vanessa Bauche
Fernanda — Susana Salazar
André — Maka Kotto
Ana Francisca — Regina Orozco
Sr. Valdivia — Jorge Zárate
Georgina — Carmen Salinas
Molly — Paula Jean Hixson
Sushi Chef — Peter Kosaka
Joyce — Lisette Guertin
Lucy — Ariadna Álvarez
Hair Dresser — Rosario Zúñiga
Sushi Bar Waitress — Li Li
Sushi Bar Manager — Zhenhu Han
Pierre — Ewan Christie
Student #1 — Lydia Zadel
Student #2 — Sebastian Bailey
Student #3 — Katia Di Perna
Student #4 — Melanie Venne
Japanese Customer — James Iwanaka
Japaneses Customer's Wife — Amy Kadowaki
Waitress' Boyfriend — Marcus Roberts
Severino — Bernardo Ávila
Sweeping Girl — Nahila Anel Tapia
Woman in Salon — Genoveva González

Unit Production Manager — Virginie Léger

Production Coordinator — Patricia Diaz

Assistant to the Producer — Bernardo Ávila

First Assistant Director — Nathalie Goulet

Continuity — Francesca Waltzing

Casting — Brigitte Fleury, Myriam Anglade, Emmanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne, Chelsea McIsaac, Alejandro Caballero, Laura Trejo, Bernardo Ávila

Script Editor — Nick Carpenter
Script Translator — Darío Perinetti

Montreal Crew
Unit Manager — Jean-François Roesler
Location Manager — Patricia Durocher
Assitant Production
Coordinator — Sophie Farkas
Additional First Assistant
Director — Claude Dallaire
Second Assistant Director — Alexandre Bernard
Third Assistant Director — Tania Van Blokland
Additional Continuity — Isabelle Lauzon
Production Assistants — Chantal Allard, Maxence Bradley, Yannick Ammann
First Assistant Camera — Michel Compte
Camera Trainee — Jacinthe Hamelin, Audrey David
Gaffer — Bruno Ferland
Best Boy Electrician — Patrick Byrne
Electricians — Benoit Thériault, Jacques Tremblay, Jonathan Barro
Key Grip — Benoît Bureau
Dolly Grip — Alain Desmarchais
Sound Mixer — François Guérin
Boom Operator — Sylvain Vary
Make Up Artist — Annik Boivin
Assistant Make Up Artist — Emilie Gauthier
Hair Stylist — Bunny Hamelin
Assistant Hair Stylist — Annie Binette
Set Costume Dressers — André Valade, Annie Beaulieu
Assistant Costume Buyer — Jasmine Loignon
Set Decorator — Sylvain Paveau
Property Master — Anoushka Thérrien
Props Assistants — Georges Khayat, Paolo Quintas, Marie-Hélène Renaud
Set Dresser — Danny Tétrault
Carpenters — Jean-François Boucher, Christian Larochelle
Painters — Gilles Gravel, Véronique Turenne, France Sabourin
Web Site Design — Julie Lapointe, Chantal Fournier
Graphic Designers — Nicole Lafond
Model Builder — Shany Diaz
Aerobics Instructor — Jennifer Pelletier
Security — Patrick Hamilton
Transport Captain — Monsieur Ferland
Still Photographer — Roger Dufresne
English Coach — Alexia Bhéreur-Lagounaris
Production Doctor — Daniel Wagner M.D.

Mexico Crew
Line Producer — Hugo Villa Smythe
Production Supervisor — Carlos Taibo
Production Coordinator — Sandra Paredes
Location Manager — Claudia Puebla
Unit Manager — Pedro García
Second Assistant Director — Luis E. Granados
Third Assistant Director — Sofía Pérez
Direction Trainee — Andrés Ibañez
Sound Mixer — Andrés Moreno
Boom Operator — Guillermo Bermúdez
Production Assistants — Héctor Paredes, Berenice Úbeda
Office Assistants — Isthar Rosales
Art Director — Carlos Salom
Property Master — Celia Ramírez
Swing Gang — Juan Hernández, Sergio Gutiérrez
Gaffer — Javier Enríquez
Best Boy Electrician — Miguel Ángel García
Key Grip — Humberto Delgado
Grip — Manuel Moreno
Unit Doctor — Evangelina Reséndiz
Make Up Artist — Georgina Miranda
Hair Stylist — Carmen de la Torre
On Set Wardrobe — Ámbar Palacios
Extras Casting — Alaín Esquivel, Yolanda Contreras, Cori Ceniceros
Drivers — Héctor García, Alfredo Romero, Rafael Contreras, Javier Peralta, Gerardo Hernández, Rashit Askar, Raúl Aguilar, Aurelio Rubí, José F. Herrera, Edgar A. García
Catering Coordinator — César Castro
Catering Service — Fernando Martínez, Pedro Noriega, Vicente Arias, Jesús Medina, Mario Aranda
ANDA Delegate — Rigoberto Carmona
Customs Broker — Gustavo Morillas
Immigration — Enriqueta Gijón

Post-Production
Edit Lists — Ghislain Bergevin
Logging — Catherine Dubé, Élisabeth Ferland
Negative Cutter — Paul Mitsou, Nicole Côté
Timer — Francine Gauthier
Colorist — Sylvie-Marie Fortier
Lab Post-Production
Supervisor — Lyne Lapointe
Lab Post-Production
Coordinator — Jean-Paul Mageren
Titles Design — Gustave Maeder, Lyne Lefèvre, Lise Dagenais

ONE WEEK
Buster Keaton

FOOLISH WIVES
Erich Von Stroheim

BUSCABA EL AMOR
Written and Performed by Alejandra Suarez Cayama

Trumpet — Andrew Hernández
Piano — Jean François Groulx
Accordeon & Vibraphone — Claude Castonguay
Guitars — Gilles Tessier
Bass — Jean François Lemieux
Drums — Pierre Tanguay
Stand Up Bass — Normand Guilbeault
Percussion — André Martin
Voices — Inés Canepa

Supervising Sound Editor — Michael Gurman, M.P.S.E.
Sound Effects Editor — David Gertsman
Supervising Dialogue Editor — Scott Donald
Dialogue Editors — France Leduc, Stan Sakellaropoulos
Foley Artist — Paul Hubert
Foley Assistant — Christiane Hubert
Foley Recordist — Éric "Med" Lagacé
Sound Consultant — Pierre-Jules Audet
Re-Recording Mixer — Jean Philippe Espantoso

Production Accountant — Hope Norman
Auditor — Gilles Bergeron
Production Lawyers — Claude Girard, André Veronneau, Sander Gibson

Shot on Location in Montreal, Canada and Metepec and Toluca, Mexico

Produced in Collaboration with
Hartos Indios S.A. de C.V.

Production Bond Provided by
The Completion Guarantor - TCG

Interim Financing Provided by
The National Bank of Canada

Production Insurance Provided by
Taillefer Desjardins
Chubb Canada

Camera, Grip & Electrical Equipment Provided by
Le Groupe Moliflex White, Montreal
Askar Films, Mexico

Sound Equipment
Bla Bla Son, Montreal
Sonipro, Mexico

Editing Facilities
Virtua

Music Recording and Mix Studio
Studio 270

Audio Post Production & Mixing Studio
Premium Sound Inc.

Production Laboratory
Technicolor, Montreal

Film Stock
Kodak

Dolby Digital in selected theatres

STCVQ
STIC Sección 49
ACTRA
ANDA

Special Thanks to
Lola Maeder
Gabriella Maeder-Conelli
The Canada Council for the Arts - Media Arts Section

and
Manuel Aranguiz
Mila Aung-Thwin
Sra. Patricia Ávila
Yves Banchonphanith
Azul Bari
Adriana Barraza
Maria Bircher
Familia Mainez Bracamontes
Djina Caron
Stéphane Caron
Sr. Fernando Carrillo
Oscar Chávez
Daniel Cross
Roy Cross
Isabelle Dupuis
Oksana Dykyj
Sra. Maria Elena
Sra. Elisa
Tara Ellis
Helene Fotopoulos
Gary Gosnel
Santiago Hidalgo
Suzie Lamarche
José Antonio Lendo
Silvia Medina
Olga Montes
Gustavo Montiel
Nicole Ouellet
Sra. Griselda Ortíz
Gilles O’Donahue
Roberto Ozores
Conrad Perrault
Claudia Prado
Peter Rist
Familia Taylor
François Vincent

Salón Alexeli
Voyages Drugstore
Le Petit Alep
Marché Jean Talon
CEGEP du Vieux Montréal
Restaurant Saito
La Tour Centre-Ville
Hotel Château de l’Argoat
Les Appartments La Cité
Energie Cardio
Bureau du Cinéma de la Ville de Montréal
Alix & Gagné
Cinémathèque Québécoise
Centre National de Sous-Titrage
Les ateliers Grand Cirque
Location Sauvageau
Concordia University - Visual Media Resources - IITS
National Film Commision, México
Dirección de turismo, Edo. México
Dirección de tránsito Edo. México
Policía municipal de Toluca
Policía municipal de Metepec
People and authorities of Metepec
Hotel Colonial (Toluca)
Inmobiliaria Flores Hudson

The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons is intended or should be inferred.

ASL Film Inc. © 2003

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