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06/24/06
The Silence (1998)
83 %
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Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 75 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Set in impoverished Central Asia, a young blind boy with an acute sense of hearing gets a job tuning musical instruments to help his mother pay the rent. But when he wanders after a street musician one day, it leads to greater trouble than he... [More]
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The boy's blindness often seems like either a novelty or a symbol; in either case, its falseness weakens the overall effect, even though the film easily has a dozen charming, memorable scenes.
06/05/08
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10/22/03
a puzzle about what the entire experience was supposed to be all about.
08/19/03
turn off the cell phone, shut out the outside distractions, and follow Makhmalbaf's sumptuous visuals and sounds to get inside Khorshid's world.
10/29/02
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10/21/02
Makhmalbaf shows that there must be a marriage between the East and West, if his country is to become more enlightened.
03/11/02
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