Silence (2007)
"Silenci" (original title)

After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own ... See full summary »

Director:

Sergi Rubió

Writer:

Sergi Rubió (screenplay)

Stars:

Montse Caminal, Xavier Serrat, Jordi Domènech

Cast

Credited cast:
Montse Caminal	...	Dolors
Xavier Serrat	...	Ernest
Jordi Domènech	...	Jordi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Josep Maria Bacardit	...	Client del bar
Roman Iborra	...	Cambrer
Jordi Martí	...	Client del bar
Brenton McDonald	...	Cambrer
Maria Dolors Pon	...	Clienta del bar
Anna Rocamora	...	Clienta del bar

Storyline

After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back - to home, and a husband she still loves and respects, but who has still to learn to listen to his wife and find out what her needs are.

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Plot Keywords:

character study | hopelessness | runaway wife | loss of husband | ring | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [cat] Official site

Country:

Spain

Language:

Catalan

Release Date:

9 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Silence

Filming Locations:

Sabadell, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€1,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sergi Rubió

Technical Specs

Runtime:

12 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (anamorphic)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The runaway story of Dolors (Montse Caminal) was inspired on the runaway story of Alice Hyatt (Ellen Burstyn) in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

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Goofs

In the very last scene, the collar of the character played by Jordi Domènech blocks the frontal shots of the actress Montse Caminal, inadvertently hiding her face. After toying with different solutions, so that the offending garment wouldn't get in the way of the shot, we saw how in the middle of the scene, Montse reciprocates the gesture of a caress on the part of the actor by adjusting his collar and hence allowing the spectators to finally see her as can be observed in the final cut of this short film.

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Quotes

Ernest: Dolors, thank god you've finally called. I haven't slept all night. I've called all your friends. None of them knew where you were. I was going to call the hospitals, in case something had happened to you. Tell me where you are, Dolors. What's happened, my love?
Dolors: Ernest, I'm fine, really.
Ernest: Is that all you can say? You've never disappeared like this, without telling me where you were going, or even leaving me a note. Dolors, do you realize that I've been awake all night? All night wondering what ...
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Crazy Credits

In those days (and this is one of those short films) Sergi Rubió always signed his work with the following link: myspace.com/sergirubio way at the bottom, at the very end of the credits, instead of the name of the production company, the distributor or at least the name of the person who owned the rights, not to mention the closing titles which one would find at the end of just about any commercial film.

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Connections

References Gremlins (1984)

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