The Silence (1998)

Original title

سکوت

Directed by

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran, France

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A little boy must earn money for his family but keeps getting distracted by music. He is enchanted by sounds and melodies wherever he goes.

gentlecontemplativequietwhimsicalpoeticslow-pacedinnocentmelancholic

What happens

The Silence (Persian: سکوت, romanized: Sokut, Tajik: Сукут, romanized: Sukut) is an Iranian–Tajik film from 1998. It is directed by Iranian film maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The movie is about a little boy who has the onerous task of earning money for his family, but is always enchanted and distracted by music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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