The Silence
Synopsis
Fatima and her mother are Kurdish refugees in Italy. During a medical visit, Fatima must translate what the doctor tells her mother, but the young woman remains silent.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Filmo2
- Foreign production company : Kino Produzioni
- Film exports/foreign sales : New Europe Film Sales
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriters : Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
- Director of Photography : Alberto Marchiori
- Music Composer : Matti Paalen
- Editor : Mauro Rossi
- Sound Recordist : Daniele De Angelis
- Costume designer : Lavinia Bonsignore
- Foreign Producer : Giovanni Pompili
- Co-producer : Olivier Chantriaux
- Production manager : Lisa Riccardi
- Sound Editor : Lionel Guenoun
- Production Designer : Ilaria Sadun
- Sound Mixer : Lionel Guenoun
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Illness, Family, Minorities, Communication
- Production language : Kurdish, Italian, English
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Italy, France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 14 min 35 seconds
- Visa number : 144.530
- Visa issue date : 05/08/2016
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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Awards (5)
Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF)
Great Britain, 2016
Louis le Prince Prize for Best Short Film
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