This animated film is above all a love story told with emotion and delicacy A man loves a woman both of them love literature We discover the murmur of their lives the harmony of their feelingsand we learn how their affection for novels and poetry marks their existence beyond death The fruitful alliance of filmmaker Félix DufourLaperrières imagery and the words of Quebec poet Hélène Dorion results in a subtle sensitive film that resonates in the viewers heart and mind In its hybridization of styles and techniques The Day Is Listening is also a most modern and daring work its director has deftly expanded the spectrum of traditional handdrawn animation incorporating mosaics of real images that express a myriad of intertwining memories as well as the pulse of urban life
