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The Silent Child

The Silent Child

7,2 /10 (84 Votes)
2017 EN 20 min

Overview

A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.

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Release date

08/08/2017

Votes

84

Popularity

0.7

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

20 min

Budget

$10,000

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Aliakbar Avani

Aliakbar Avani

2023-03-11

⭐ 9

**A perspective to the Silent Child (2017)** **Introduction:** The short film The Silent Child (2017), 20m, a brilliant low-budget film ($10k) made by Chris Overton, with a pleasant play and a fantastic multi-layered screenplay of his wife, Rachel Shenton (British), great cinematography by Ali Farahani (Iranian), and impressive music composed by Amir Konjani (Iranian), was truly deserved to achieve the title of the best short film at the Oscars 2018. **Plot theme:** The theme of the first layer of the film can be seen as a detailed and pathological approach to the problems of deaf or har…

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Aliakbar Avani

Aliakbar Avani

2023-03-12

⭐ 9

**A perspective to the Silent Child (2017)** **Introduction:** The short film The Silent Child (2017), 20m, a brilliant low-budget film ($10k) made by Chris Overton, with a pleasant play and a fantastic multi-layered screenplay of his wife, Rachel Shenton (British), great cinematography by Ali Farahani (Iranian), and impressive music composed by Amir Konjani (Iranian), was truly deserved to achieve the title of the best short film at the Oscars 2018. **Plot theme:** The theme of the first layer of the film can be seen as a detailed and pathological approach to the problems of deaf or har…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-03-21

⭐ 7

I know it's not exactly the same thing, but I've recently been suffering from one of those head colds that goes for your ears! It's meant that for the last few days I've been able to hear next to nothing. What that has meant is I've noticed just how awkward and difficult life can be when you cannot hear, or that sounds are muffled and indistinct. Imagine, then, how much more difficult life is for deaf four year old "Libby" (Maisie Sly). She lives with her family - a loving but busy bunch who don't really know where to start with the young girl. Then a social worker "Jo" (Rachel Shenton - who a…

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