Description
Enchanted by the music and street sounds of post-Soviet Dushanbe, ten-year-old Khorshid who is blind is late for work every day as he immerses himself in the city’s sensory world. Thanks to his extraordinary sense of hearing, the boy works as a musical instrument tuner, but his constant tardiness could cost him the job on which his entire family’s well-being depends.
Although the film is set in Tajikistan, its roots lie in director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s childhood memories. The story became a poetic exploration of his own experience of interaction specifically, the ban on listening to music in the director’s family due to religious beliefs.
Honored with a special award at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, “Silence” remains one of Mahmalbaf’s most unusual and poetic films.
Language: Farsi with Russian and Kazakh subtitles