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A Question of Silence (1982)

A Question of Silence poster
Original title
De stilte rond Christine M.
Directed by
Marleen Gorris
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three women who do not know each other murder a man they have never met. The story follows their arrest and the legal proceedings that follow.

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What happens

A Question of Silence (Dutch: De stilte rond Christine M.) is a 1982 Dutch drama film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. It is Gorris' debut film. It stars Edda Barends as Christine M. The plot is about three women, strangers to each other, who kill a man they do not know. It was highly controversial but also highly acclaimed at the time of its release, and is now hailed as a feminist classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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