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Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) (1996)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0

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82

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Average Rating: 3.9/5
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A young woman struggles with her unusual relationship with her mother and father in this drama from Germany. Laura (Tatjana Trieb) is a bright young girl whose parents, Martin (Howie Seago) and Kai (Emmanuelle Laborit), are deaf and dumb. Living in a small town in Germany, where International Sign Language has long been frowned upon due to local superstitions, Martin and Kai have a great deal of difficulty communicating with others. However, Laura knows sign language as well as her parents, and

Apr 8, 2003

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

Beyond Silence' is one of those films that helps us escape our box of time and space and understand what it might be like to live in someone else's.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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Word of mouth might generate some excitement about the film's many poetic, sensuous and sincere qualities.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

The movie's one genuine tragedy is so obviously announced and reannouced that you get tired waiting for it to happen.

July 24, 2002 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment
Internet Reviews

Tutors us in the art of emotional literacy.

March 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice
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Audience Reviews for Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille)

Beautiful film...

March 5, 2007
dreamfaeries

Super Reviewer

This is a beautiful film in almost every aspect imaginable. This is the type of film that, since it is a foreign film, makes me dislike American films because this one doesn't have to rely on copious amounts of language, sex, or violence to be a good entertaining film that people will go and see.

July 12, 2006
cosmo313
Chris Weber

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