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Sound Barrier (2005)

Sound Barrier poster
Directed by
Amir Naderi
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man spends his days in a cramped New York apartment, mostly alone. He listens to the sounds of the city around him.

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What happens

Sound Barrier is a 2005 film by the Iranian director Amir Naderi. The screenplay was written by Abou Farman, Heather Murphy and Naderi himself and featured Louise Flory, Frank Glacken, Jeremy X Halpern, Charlie Wilson in the principal acting roles. The film is regarded as the last one of Naderi's New York period. It won prizes in film festivals in Rome and Turin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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