The Silences

Los Silencios

DIRECTOR(S): Beatriz Seigner   COUNTRIES: Brazil, France, Colombia   YEAR: 2018   LANGUAGE(S): Spanish   SUBTITLES: German, English   RUNNING TIME: 88 min

SECTION: International Competition 2019

SCREENINGS

Thursday, 03.10., 1.00 pm, kinoeins
Saturday, 05.10., 7.30 pm, kinoeins, Q&A with Beatriz Seigner

SYNOPSIS

Nuria, 12, Fabio, 9, and their mother Amparo arrive in a small island in the middle of Amazonia, at the border of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. They ran away from the Colombian armed conflict in which their father disappeared. One day, he reappears in their new house. The family is haunted by this strange secret and discovers the island is peopled with ghosts.

In THE SILENCES, Beatriz Seigner uses poetry and beautiful imagery to tell of the wounds of the civil war, of the grief of survivors and the solidarity of the indigenous peoples. With ease, she is able to breathe something natural into the supernatural. The way she combines fantastical dream worlds with the reality of refugees in the Amazon is wonderful. This magical realism is full of humanity!

BEATRIZ SEIGNER

Beatriz Seigner is a Brazilian screenwriter and director. In 2009, she directed Bollywood Dream, the first coproduction between Brazil and India, which has been selected in over 20 international film festivals, for example in Busan, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles and São Paulo. The Silences is her 2nd feature. Seigner has also directed a documentary, Between Us, A Secret, which is currently in post-production and deals with African griots, co-written by Walter Salles.

FILMOGRAPHY

Bollywood Dream (2010), The Silences (2018)

SCRIPT: Beatriz Seigner   PRODUCERS: Thierry Lenouvel, Beatriz Seigner, Daniel Garcia   CAMERA: Sofia Oggioni EDITORS: Renata Maria, Jacques Comets MUSIC: Nascuy Linares CAST: Marleyda Soto, Enrique Diaz, Maria Paula Tabares Peña, Adolfo Savilvino

PRODUCTION: Cine-Sud Production, Miriade Filmes, Dia Fragma   WORLD SALES: Ilaria Gomarasca, Pyramide International   GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Mikosch Horn, Grandfilm

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