Not RatedThe Silence

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Play Time: 76 mins
Drama, Music
The Silence

Overview:
Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.

Original Title:سکوت
Status: Released (1998-09-06)
Awards:3 wins & 1 nomination
BoxOffice:$32,898
Screen:Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Productions: MK2 Films, Makhmalbaf Film House Productions
Production Countries: Iran, France, Tajikistan
Spoken Languages: فارسی,
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The director Mohsen Makhmalbaf made a number of acclaimed films in his native Iran over the Eighties and Nineties, but with the 1998 effort SOKOUT ("Silence") he moved farther afield for his shooting location: Tajikistan, where the locals speak a Persian dialect mostly intelligible t ....

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