Silence of the Heart (1984)

Directed by

Richard Michaels

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American television drama from 1984 about the family and friends left behind after a teenager takes their own life. It focuses on the emotional aftermath and the struggle to understand what happened.

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What happens

Silence of the Heart is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Charlie Sheen, Chad Lowe, Mariette Hartley, Dana Hill, Howard Hesseman and Silvana Gallardo, directed by Richard Michaels and written by Phil Penningroth. The film was considered groundbreaking for the time period and heralded a coming trend of films that dealt with teenage suicide, a topic previously not discussed in family film, with an emphasis on the surviving family of a teenager who commits suicide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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