The newly reopened Quad Cinema’s upcoming retrospective “The Whole World Sings: International Musicals” aims to challenge established notion about that genre is exclusively an extension of the classical Hollywood tradition. Is it possible, then, to consider a film such as Alain Gomis’ “Félicité” — making its North American debut at TIFF — a musical? The film may not fit the genre blueprint in a Broadway sense, but the feeling in the soundtrack are nonetheless tangible and Félicité’s ability (or inability) to perform defines the film’s parabolic emotional arc.

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