A woman who'd rather disappear learns the world won't let her. Toronto's grittiest coming-of-silence.
Based on the award-nominated graphic novel by Benjamin Rivers. Dana is a woman who doesn’t deal well with confrontation. She likes her job, her friends, and the cozy comfort of her neighbourhood — Toronto’s own Queen Street West. But when the world forces her to stand up, will she be able to handle it?
Acting
Iordanova's micro-expressions do what pages of dialogue couldn't.
Cinematography
Queen West shot like a character about to be evicted.
Writing
Adapts graphic novel silence into cinematic negative space.
Director
Ryan Couldrey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Toronto's 2013-2014 condo boom, the film accidentally documented a neighbourhood that's now unrecognizable. The coffee shop where Dana works? Closed. The graffiti walls? Buffed. It's become a ghost story about a place that no longer exists.
Director Ryan Couldrey and graphic novelist Benjamin Rivers refused to show Dana's interior thoughts — no voiceover, no diary entries. The original comic used first-person captions extensively. The film's silence was a deliberate betrayal of its source material.
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