The Five Senses

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses. — Oscar Wilde"

Dec 3 1999 R 1h 46m
Comedy, Drama, Music

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.

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Plot

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.

Written by

Jeremy Podeswa

Directed by

Jeremy Podeswa

Cast

Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose, Elize Frances Stolk

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

Alliance Atlantis, CTV, CBC Films, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, CTF | FCT, Five Senses Productions, Government of Canada, The Harold Greenberg Fund, The Movie Network, Téléfilm Canada

Languages

English, Français, Italiano

Awards

4 wins & 15 nominations

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Scores
# of Votes
3,176
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA