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Movie Info

Victims of the Franco regime continue to seek justice.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

Spanish (Spain)
Director:

Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo
Producer:

Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo
Writer:

Ricardo Acosta, Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo, Kim Roberts
Release Date (Theaters):

May 8, 2019 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 2, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$66.3K
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Semilla Verde Productions, El Deseo, Latino Public Broadcasting, Independent Television Service, Lucernam Films

Cast & Crew

Robert Bahar
Director

Almudena Carracedo
Director

Ricardo Acosta
Writer

Robert Bahar
Writer

Almudena Carracedo
Writer

Kim Roberts
Writer

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Critic Reviews for The Silence of Others

All Critics (25) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (25)

It's a powerful movie... The only problem of the movie (that is not the fault of the film) is that you're hoping for some great resolution and for the most part it doesn't happen.

September 30, 2019 | Full Review…

Peter Rainer
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Directors Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar's documentary...tracks the dogged efforts of those who refuse to let the past stay buried when the suffering it caused is still very much alive.

May 31, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Lickona
San Diego Reader
It may be more than 40 years since the death of Gen. Francisco Franco, but the chilling effects of his brutal regime continue to reverberate as affectingly illustrated in "The Silence of Others."

May 23, 2019 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar's documentary is monumental for its clamorous sounding of an alarm.

May 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Diego Semerene
Slant Magazine
Informative, if not always as specific as it might have been.

May 7, 2019 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
It's intricately fascinating material, even if it doesn't culminate in the cathartic climax that a fictitious version of this story would demand; Spain's reckoning with its history remains a nascent work in progress.

April 24, 2019 | Full Review…

Guy Lodge
Variety
[It] powerfully illustrates the value of dogged persistence by victims seeking justice...

October 21, 2020 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
The Silence of Others portrays the denial of the right to justice and the need for social movements that attempt to reclaim the abuses that the past left behind. [Full Review in Spanish]

October 21, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Elizabeth Limón
En Filme
The film constructs a space for memory and so that this story can come to light. [Full Review in Spanish]

September 11, 2019 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Nicolás Quinteros
EscribiendoCine
Some images are worth, as they say, more than words. [Full review in Spanish]

September 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Pablo O. Scholz
Clarín
The movie exposes in a stark manner the testimonies of the survivors. [Full Review in Spanish]

September 5, 2019 | Full Review…

Paula Vázquez Prieto
La Nación (Argentina)
Though some of the legal stuff is left a bit murky, this documentary is a moving reminder of the harm that comes from denying the truth of crimes done by those in power.

July 3, 2019 | Full Review…

Jasmyne Keimig
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)