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The Silence (2019)

The Silence poster
Directed by
John R. Leonetti
Genre
horror film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1,705 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic world, creatures that hunt by sound drive a family to seek shelter. A deaf teenager must navigate the threat of the creatures and a cult that wants to use her for reproduction.

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What happens

The Silence is a 2019 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, and John Corbett. The screenplay by Carey and Shane Van Dyke adapts the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. The film depicts a world under attack by creatures who hunt by sound. Shipka plays a deaf teenager who seeks shelter with her family, and a cult tries to take advantage of her fertility. Netflix released The Silence on April 10, 2019. It was also released in theaters in seven countries in the rest of 2019, grossing $2.3 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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