City of Toronto All Events http://ift.tt/1teZPeU Set in the remote wild Isle of Man fishing community, The Manxman is Hitchcock's penultimate silent film & the most mature work of his early career. Two boyhood friends take markedly different paths in adulthood: Pete becomes a fisherman, Phillip a lawyer. Both fall in love with the same woman, bringing them into conflict with their own moral code & that of their strict society. The complex and sensual performance of Anny Ondra as the part vulnerable waif, part flirtatious femme fatale is clearly a precursor to Kim Novak in Vertigo. The director established his strong visual motifs throughout as powerful metaphors for the unforgiving puritanical society confronted by the characters. Juno nominated Fern Lindzon will play a live score
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