Beyond Silence
(1996)
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Beyond Silence
(1996)
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Lara
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Tatjana Trieb | ... |
Lara als Kind (Lara as Child)
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Howie Seago | ... |
Martin
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Emmanuelle Laborit | ... |
Kai
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Sibylle Canonica | ... |
Clarissa
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Matthias Habich | ... |
Gregor (Clarissa's husband)
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Alexandra Bolz | ... |
Marie
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Hansa Czypionka | ... |
Tom
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Doris Schade | ... |
Lilli
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Horst Sachtleben | ... |
Robert
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Hubert Mulzer | ... |
Herr Gärtner
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Birge Schade | ... |
Fräulein Mertens
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Stephan Kampwirth | ... |
Bankbeamter
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Lea Mekhméche | ... |
Johanna
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Laurel Severin | ... |
Martin als Kind
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Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature she becomes interested in music and starts to play clarinet very successfully. However her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions. Written by Oliver Heidelbach
Young Lara is in a most unusual situation: her parents are both deaf-mute, so she has to communicate for both of them. It's sort of a constraining situation, and when a relative gives Lara the chance to become a musician, her parents try to keep her at home. She will have to choose.
The idea of the daughter having to speak for her parents is not something that I ever would have thought about, but "Jenseits der Stille" (called "Beyond Silence" in English) made me think about it. It's always good to be able to see such intellectual stories, especially when Hollywood makes so many pointless blow-'em-up movies.