The Silence

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.

Cast

Tahmineh Normatova

Tahmineh Normatova

as Khorshid

Nadereh Abdelahyeva

Nadereh Abdelahyeva

as Nadareh

Goibibi Ziadolahyeva

Goibibi Ziadolahyeva

as Khorshid's Mother

Reviews

CRCulver

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 to Iranians, but ...

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