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Silence

  • 20122012
  • 1h 27m
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Silence (2012)
Drama
Eoghan is a sound recordist who is returning to Ireland for the first time in 15 years. His reason for returning is a job offer: to find and record places free from man-made sound. His quest... Read allEoghan is a sound recordist who is returning to Ireland for the first time in 15 years. His reason for returning is a job offer: to find and record places free from man-made sound. His quest takes him away from towns and villages into remote terrain. Throughout his journey, he is... Read allEoghan is a sound recordist who is returning to Ireland for the first time in 15 years. His reason for returning is a job offer: to find and record places free from man-made sound. His quest takes him away from towns and villages into remote terrain. Throughout his journey, he is drawn into a series of encounters and conversations which gradually divert his attention ... Read all
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    • Director
      • Pat Collins
    • Writers
      • Pat Collins
      • Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
      • Sharon Whooley
    • Stars
      • Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
      • Hilary O'Shaughnessy
      • Andrew Bennett
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    • Director
      • Pat Collins
    • Writers
      • Pat Collins
      • Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
      • Sharon Whooley
    • Stars
      • Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
      • Hilary O'Shaughnessy
      • Andrew Bennett
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    • 5User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
    • Eoghan Mac Suibhne
    • (as Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride)
    Hilary O'Shaughnessy
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    Andrew Bennett
    • Barman
    Jens K. Müller
    • Self
    Patrick O'Connor
    • Local Man the Buren
    Michael Harding
    • Local Man Ballycroy
    Tommy Fahy
    • Self
    Tim Robinson
    • Self
    Pater Lacey
    • Self
    Marie Coyne
    • Self
    Jordan Shields
    • Self
    Paul Rogers
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    • Director
      • Pat Collins
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      • Pat Collins
      • Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
      • Sharon Whooley
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    • Soundtracks
      The Breeze and I
      (English translation of Andalucia)

      Performed by Nellie Nic Giolla Bhríde

      Written by Ernesto Lecuona and Al Stillman

      © Edward B. Marks Music Company

      Used by kind permission of Carlin Music Corp

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    A very low-key "arty" drama, but without any excessive pretentiousness.
    You know the type: low budget, heavy non-American accents (or a foreign language), very sparse dialog, thin or non-existent plot, lengthy shots of vistas, long shots of characters immersed in a state of "deep musing", usually about or relating to the meaning of life.

    No, it's not a Bergman film, fortunately.

    Some observations are fairly intelligent - the few utterances that there are. A few dialogs are pointless or at least uninteresting. The scenery - and the silence accompanying them - gives the movie a pleasant "edge". One of my fantasies is to be able to exist in silence, as a whim, as a constant option, ready to start/end with a mere pressing of a button. So I can relate to the movie that way.

    What I can't relate to is the film-maker overdoing it with the nothing-happening. Sure, the film is mercifully "short", but is it short enough? The second half becomes more difficult to sit through because the plot never goes anywhere; it merely ends as it starts, by plodding along. Silently.

    The main character isn't particularly relevant, but being so uncharismatic doesn't help either. Better casting required.

    Still, I'd rather spend 70 minutes on a drama devoid of drama than a 90-minute Will Ferrell comedy devoid of comedy.
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    • fedor8
    • Nov 29, 2019

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    • Release date
      • July 27, 2012 (Ireland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • Germany
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Irish Gaelic
    • Filming locations
      • County Mayo, Ireland
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      1 hour 27 minutes
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      • Color

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