In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law" prohibits noise of any kind, including music. Enter the exiled gypsy Zantalalia (Patti LuPone), who returns determined to pass her singing secrets on to ten-year-old Aurora (Meredith Henderson), an action that will get the girl in trouble with Captain Nizzle of the dreaded Noise Police. John Neville completes the cast of this colorful family fantasy.
Acting
Patti LuPone serving gypsy chaos auntie realness.
Production
Canadian TV budget somehow creating entire snow kingdom.
Score
Songs that slap harder than they have any right to.
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel by Don Gillmor, this was a rare English-Canadian kids' TV movie that got theatrical release in some markets. Julian Richings appears in almost every Canadian production from this era.
The Noise Police directly mirror real censorship debates of the '90s, from Tipper Gore to Canadian content laws. Zantalalia reads as queer-coded exile in a film that never explicitly goes there.
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