Sitting in Limbo (1986)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 28, 1986Release Date
Sitting in Limbo (1986)
1h 36m
Running Time
August 28, 1986Release Date
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Plot.
The National Film Board of Canada was one of the guiding forces behind Sitting in Limbo. Fabian Gibbs plays a black Montreal college student forced to leave school when his girlfriend Pat Dillon becomes pregnant. Gibbs resents this interruption in his plans, but he becomes a very good provider. The responsibilities of parenthood, alas, irreparably damage the boy-girl relationship. Filmed in a quasidocumentary manner, Sitting in Limbo seems predestined to win film festival awards--as indeed it has.
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Cast & Crew.
Fabian Gibbs
Fabian
Patricia Dillon-Moore
Pat
Sally Bochner
Landlord's Wife
Debbie Grant
Debbie
Sylvie Clarke
Sylvie
André A. Bélanger
Janitor
John N. Smith
Director / Producer / Writer
Elizabeth Klinck
Associate Producer
Details.
Wiki.
Sitting in Limbo is a 1986 Canadian docudrama film directed by John N. Smith. Developed through interviews and improvisational work with a group of Black Canadian youth in Montreal, the film stars Pat Dillon as Pat, a young woman who moves in with her boyfriend Fabian (Fabian Gibbs) after getting pregnant.
The film was produced by the National Film Board, through its Alternative Drama program.
The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August 1986.
The film's soundtrack consisted primarily of reggae recordings by Jimmy Cliff.