Beyond Silence
- Original title
- Jenseits der Stille
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 109 min.
- Country
- Germany
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Sylvie Testud
- Tatjana Trieb
- Howie Seago
- Emmanuelle Laborit
- Sibylle Canonica
- Matthias Habich
- Alexandra Bolz
- Hansa Czypionka
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Deafness
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1997: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture1997: Tokyo Film Festival: Best Film1996: German Film Awards: Best Actress1998: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.
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