The Silence
2010 ‘Das letzte Schweigen’ Directed by Baran bo Odar
Synopsis
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
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This was a really great film but a huge chunk of the time, the subtitles blended with the lighter background so it was extremely hard to read a lot of it. I don't know if maybe it was just a theater thing but I would like to see this again when it's released to see if the subtitles are easier to see.
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It's billed as being similar to The Killing (Danish version (Forbydelsen)), and whilst it does have a similar tone to some parts of it, it's not really a "who dunnit?" like The Killing is. However, I am going to continue with the comparison between the two as that's obviously what the film is being sold on.
Unlike the Killing, there's not as much suspense over "was it this person?!" like at the beginning and end of every episode, as you see in the beginning of this film who exactly is responsible for the first murder. It's all about how, and will, they be caught, if it indeed is them as you are lead to believe.
It's very dark, as you'd…
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A supremely gripping, uneasy police procedural that focuses on the perpetrators, investigators and victims of a copycat murder. Like a series of The Killing expertly compacted into two hours.
An anti-whodunnit, it's doesn't even linger on the whys, but instead uses the crime as a means by which to examine responses to it.
The weight of it is often unbearable and the deliberately without-spectacle style of the film allows an investment, good or otherwise, in each character - even with characters whose actions are unspeakable. It doesn't ask you to side with them or condone them but it presents their actions matter-of-factly with a methodical precision.
Horrific, compelling viewing.
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Once again Europe comes up trumps with a very dark serial killer movie.Very reminiscent of recent TV like The Killing and The Bridge.The cast are all excellent and super twist as ell.
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“The Silence” is built around a novel idea: to depict the effect of a murder (two, actually) on everyone immediately impacted by the crime. We spend what seems like equal time with the murderer, his accomplice, the investigators, and the parents of the victims. The film is told with a surprising amount of empathy for all these people, which may enrage viewers who (justifiably) feel that a two-hour piece of dramatic cinema cannot make realistic sense of the mind of a child rapist and murderer.
Such an objection gets at the heart of what’s wrong with “The Silence,” in spite of its inspired concept: these were the wrong crimes to examine in this context, because they’re more the stuff of…
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A cloudy potboiler that meanders and plods through a tired web of weathered photographs and brow-rubbing sleuths. The Silence is basically like a shoddy, half-penned foreign language episode of Cold Case that runs for two bulky hours.
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Engrossing and heartbreaking drama disguised as a thriller that manages to stay clear from maudlin melodrama. Strong performances all around.
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Detektīvdrāma, kuras atmosfēra un apspiesta ļaunuma sajūta ir pārāka par sižetisko attīstību. Vismaz izmeklēšanas aspektu. Ārkārtīgi efektīgi nofilmēta divu slimu cilvēku (draudzība) attiecības, kuru turpināšanai ir jāupurē pārāk daudz.
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A supremely gripping, uneasy police procedural that focuses on the perpetrators, investigators and victims of a copycat murder. Like a series of The Killing expertly compacted into two hours.
An anti-whodunnit, it's doesn't even linger on the whys, but instead uses the crime as a means by which to examine responses to it.
The weight of it is often unbearable and the deliberately without-spectacle style of the film allows an investment, good or otherwise, in each character - even with characters whose actions are unspeakable. It doesn't ask you to side with them or condone them but it presents their actions matter-of-factly with a methodical precision.
Horrific, compelling viewing.
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(Lagoon Theater) Technically, a really impressive film, yet as solid as it was from many aspects, I wasn't nearly as riveted as I should have been.
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Beautifully photographed, but too many disjointed characters and story lines to create any real suspense. Full of melodrama and coincidence. Over all unsatisfying and dull.
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Sad. Touching moments. Creepy. Slow. Angry, maybe in a good way?
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The plot is powerful but the rhythm awfully tedious.
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Once again Europe comes up trumps with a very dark serial killer movie.Very reminiscent of recent TV like The Killing and The Bridge.The cast are all excellent and super twist as ell.
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“The Silence” is built around a novel idea: to depict the effect of a murder (two, actually) on everyone immediately impacted by the crime. We spend what seems like equal time with the murderer, his accomplice, the investigators, and the parents of the victims. The film is told with a surprising amount of empathy for all these people, which may enrage viewers who (justifiably) feel that a two-hour piece of dramatic cinema cannot make realistic sense of the mind of a child rapist and murderer.
Such an objection gets at the heart of what’s wrong with “The Silence,” in spite of its inspired concept: these were the wrong crimes to examine in this context, because they’re more the stuff of…