Beyond Silence
by Caroline Link
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Actor: Emmabuelle Laborit, Howie Seago, Matthias Habich, Sibylle Canonica, Sylvie TestudDirector: Caroline Link
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Writer: Caroline Link
Producer: Thomas Wobke
Producer: Jakob Claussen
Producer: Luggi Waldeitner
Writer: Beth Serlin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Unknown); English (Subtitled); German (Original Language); English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2012-01-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: LIONSGATE
Movie Reviews of Beyond Silence
Movie Review: Beyond the silence you find yourself
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who grows up as a "caretaker" for their parents generally matures very rapidly. The child enters adulthood very quickly and has a very overdeveloped sense of responsibility. The downside of caretaking at a young age is that the child has no time to discover who they are and what they want out of life. They are the parent who cares and nurtures instead of being the child who should be builded up, edified and protected.
Such is the charming but wrenchingly melancholy story of BEYOND THE SILENCE, Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film of 1997. Lara is a precocious "hearing" child born to two deaf parents. Lara has becomes the ears to the outside world for her parents who wish to keep her totally for themselves in their world of quiet. But Lara suffers in the world outside her home. She cannot be what she needs to be. Her reading suffers and she longs to find the expression that is beyond words and beyond the silence. The key to her breakout comes when her Aunt Clarissa gives Lara a clarinet. Lara's parents are threatened that they will lose Lara to a world that they have not been able (and perhaps willing!) to enter. Alot has to be said for the family dynamics presented in this film.
Anyone who has been misunderstood or held down by their parents whims or misunderstandings will benefit greatly from viewing this subtle and well-told story of a close-knit family that has to learn to understand each other's world. It is an amazing piece of drama sprinkled with bits of honesty and humor that propels this evenly paced film along the thin line of hope and frustration.
The film is in German with very readable subtitles.
An excellent companion film would be MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (USA).
Summary of Beyond Silence
Acclaimed by critics and audiences everywhere, Beyond Silence is the powerful Academy Award(r) nominated*story of a young woman's battle for independence and her deaf parents' struggle to understand her gift for music. Given a clarinet by her free-spirited aunt, Lara is immediately consumed by a new passion her parents cannot begin to fully comprehend. Determined to follow her dreams, Lara's ongoing pursuit of music creates an ever-widening rift that eventually threatens to tear apart her once close-knit family! An inspirational and highly entertaining motion picture offering from Miramax Home Entertainment- you'll be riveted as this family must somehow learn to reach beyond differences, expectations...and beyond silence...to bring their two worlds together once again!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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