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starring: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit, Sibylle Canonicadirected by: Caroline Link
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788813948
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0788813943
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: February 01, 2000
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 24488
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 05, 1998
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Rating:  - Love Resonates Beyond the Ear's Ability to Hear
Lara cares for her deaf parents but is pulled out of their orbit by her passion for music and her attraction to her aunt, who fosters her passion for the clarinet. Her pursuit of a music conservatory slot and that growing bond with her aunt estranges her from her family.
Her mother's sudden and accidental death forces her to confront some harsh feelings about her father, who resents the primacy of music in his daughter's life.
This largely melancholy film offers a redemptive ... Read More
Rating:  - Do we really know what it means to live in opposite worlds?
Caroline Link was the sensitive director of this engaging movie, a very warmth portrait about a girl of deaf parents, who discovers her love and gift for music.
So, surrounded by worlds of sounds and silence, she tries to find the perfect balance between both islands.
A film of huge and resplendent beauty that must be seen over and over to discover the miracle of the music and the anguish of an endless silence.
Nominated for Best foreign picture in 1998 and ... Read More
Rating: - Beyond the silence you find yourself
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, ... Read More
Rating: - Real-life portrayal of a hearing child with deaf parents.
Once again, we have what should have been a wonderful movie diminished by a totally unnecessary sex scene. Also, there was no point (related to the story) for Aunt Clarissa, after her husband moved out, to have a new man in her house in the next scene. Other than those incidents, it is a fine move. The 9-year-old Laura is a real sparkler.
We knew a couple of sisters who were friends of our daughters whose parents were deaf, and we found little Laura to be very much like those girls. It is a great ... Read More
Rating: - This is one of the best movies I've seen in a while
Although this is a German film (the settings are Bavaria and Berlin, I believe) with subtitles, don't let the subtitles (if you don't like subtitled films) lead you to miss a really terrific film.
The story involves a hearing child (Lara) growing up with two deaf parents, who must be their translator to the hearing world. She probably matures faster, but it creates an odd relationship with her parents, since they are reliant on her.
Her father Martin doesn't get along with his sister Clarissa, ... Read More
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