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The Silence (1998)

6.5/10 1h 16m Sep 06, 1998
Drama Music

Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.

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Movie Details

Original Title سکوت
Original Language FA
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

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Tahmineh Normatova
Khorshid
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Nadereh Abdelahyeva
Nadareh
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Goibibi Ziadolahyeva
Khorshid's Mother
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Key Crew

Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematography Ebrahim Ghafori
Producer Marin Karmitz
Editor Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Production

MK2 Films
FR
Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
GB

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The Silence Original Trailer (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1998)
The Silence Original Trailer (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1998)
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Keywords

family drama blind child protagonist instrument maker blind child

Reviews from TMDB

CRCulver 5/10
Aug 22, 2018

The director Mohsen Makhmalbaf made a number of acclaimed films in his native Iran over the Eighties and Nineties, but with the 1998 effort SOKOUT ("Silence") he moved farther afield for his shooting location: Tajikistan, where the locals speak a Persian dialect mostly intelligible to Iranians, but ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 6, 1998
Runtime 1h 16m
Language FA
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
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