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The Physics of Sorrow

The Physics of Sorrow is a potent portrait of a dislocated generation struggling to find home as they shift through everchanging personal and geographic landscapes.
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The Physics of Sorrow tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.

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  • direction
    Theodore Ushev
  • based on the book
    Guéorgui Gospodinov
  • writing
    Theodore Ushev
  • voice
    Rossif Sutherland
  • editing
    Theodore Ushev
  • production
    Marc Bertrand
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • additional voice
    Donald Sutherland
    Manuel Tadros
    Theodore Ushev
  • consultant
    Anca Damian
    Guéorgui Gospodinov
  • translation
    Helge Dascher
    Karen Lynn Houle
  • revision
    Mélanie Gleize
  • copyright clearance
    Sylvia Mezei
  • short film program manager
    Hélène Vayssières
  • technical direction
    Pierre Plouffe
    Éric Pouliot
  • technical specialist - animation
    Yannick Grandmont
  • technical coordination
    Jean-François Laprise
  • foley
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • foley recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • mix
    Isabelle Lussier
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • associate producer
    Anne-Marie Bousquet
    Mylène Augustin
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
    Karine Desmeules
  • senior production coordinator
    Camila Blos
  • studio coordinator
    Michèle Labelle
    Laetitia Seguin
  • marketing
    Geneviève Bérard
  • executive producer
    Julie Roy

Education

Ages 16 to 18
School subjects
Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights Civics/Citizenship - Ideologies Health/Personal Development - Identity History - World History

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