The Five Senses

May 18, 1999

1h 46m

★ 5.7

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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

The Five Senses Trailers

Cast

Rona

Mary-Louise Parker

Gail

Pascale Bussières

Raymond

Richard Clarkin

Rupert

Brendan Fletcher

Roberto

Marco Leonardi

Rachel Seraph

Nadia Litz

Robert

Daniel MacIvor

Anna Miller

Molly Parker

Ruth Seraph

Gabrielle Rose

Rebecca

Tara Rosling

Dr. Richard Jacob

Philippe Volter

Amy Lee Miller

Elize Francis Stolk

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