Beyond Silence | 
 enlarge | Director: Caroline Link
Actors: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit, Sibylle Canonica
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 18210
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 107
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD28935D
UPC: 786936206449
EAN: 0786936206449
ASIN: B00008978K
Theatrical Release Date: June 5, 1998
Release Date: April 8, 2003
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Product Description
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. The day comes when lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 05/03/2005 Starring: Sylvie Testud Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Caroline Link
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 Love Resonates Beyond the Ear's Ability to Hear December 20, 2007
Lara cares for her deaf parents but is pulled out of their orbit by her passion for music and her attraction to her aunt, who fosters her passion for the clarinet. Her pursuit of a music conservatory slot and that growing bond with her aunt estranges her from her family.
Her mother's sudden and accidental death forces her to confront some harsh feelings about her father, who resents the primacy of music in his daughter's life.
This largely melancholy film offers a redemptive ending as Lara auditions for a coveted slot in the Berlin music conservatory while her father appears unannounced to offer his wordless support. Love and passion transcend silence and bridges the gap between parallel worlds and family fissures.
 Do we really know what it means to live in opposite worlds? September 24, 2007
Caroline Link was the sensitive director of this engaging movie, a very warmth portrait about a girl of deaf parents, who discovers her love and gift for music.
So, surrounded by worlds of sounds and silence, she tries to find the perfect balance between both islands.
A film of huge and resplendent beauty that must be seen over and over to discover the miracle of the music and the anguish of an endless silence.
Nominated for Best foreign picture in 1998 and winner as Best picture in Tokyo International Film Festival, this is undeniably one of my top twenty films of this decade.
Beyond the silence you find yourself June 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anyone who grows up as a "caretaker" for their parents generally matures very rapidly. The child enters adulthood very quickly and has a very overdeveloped sense of responsibility. The downside of caretaking at a young age is that the child has no time to discover who they are and what they want out of life. They are the parent who cares and nurtures instead of being the child who should be builded up, edified and protected.
Such is the charming but wrenchingly melancholy story of BEYOND THE SILENCE, Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film of 1997. Lara is a precocious "hearing" child born to two deaf parents. Lara has becomes the ears to the outside world for her parents who wish to keep her totally for themselves in their world of quiet. But Lara suffers in the world outside her home. She cannot be what she needs to be. Her reading suffers and she longs to find the expression that is beyond words and beyond the silence. The key to her breakout comes when her Aunt Clarissa gives Lara a clarinet. Lara's parents are threatened that they will lose Lara to a world that they have not been able (and perhaps willing!) to enter. Alot has to be said for the family dynamics presented in this film.
Anyone who has been misunderstood or held down by their parents whims or misunderstandings will benefit greatly from viewing this subtle and well-told story of a close-knit family that has to learn to understand each other's world. It is an amazing piece of drama sprinkled with bits of honesty and humor that propels this evenly paced film along the thin line of hope and frustration.
The film is in German with very readable subtitles.
An excellent companion film would be MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (USA).
Real-life portrayal of a hearing child with deaf parents. April 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Once again, we have what should have been a wonderful movie diminished by a totally unnecessary sex scene. Also, there was no point (related to the story) for Aunt Clarissa, after her husband moved out, to have a new man in her house in the next scene. Other than those incidents, it is a fine move. The 9-year-old Laura is a real sparkler.
We knew a couple of sisters who were friends of our daughters whose parents were deaf, and we found little Laura to be very much like those girls. It is a great movie to show children how the lives of some of their friends can be very much different from their own. Then, to teach them that, unlike some of the kids in the movie who were mean to Laura, if we understand the friend's life from his or her point of view we can and should be nice to them. This movie gives a real feel for the experiences and unique frustrations of a hearing child of deaf parents.
The movie is pretty much the usual child finally wins the approval of a disapproving parent story. Therefore, the main value of the film is that this child has very different obstacles to overcome that can help kids understand and accept "odd" classmates. I'd give it an 5-Stars on that basis if it wasn't for the unnecessarily thrown in scenes that go contrary to traditional values.
This is one of the best movies I've seen in a while January 4, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although this is a German film (the settings are Bavaria and Berlin, I believe) with subtitles, don't let the subtitles (if you don't like subtitled films) lead you to miss a really terrific film.
The story involves a hearing child (Lara) growing up with two deaf parents, who must be their translator to the hearing world. She probably matures faster, but it creates an odd relationship with her parents, since they are reliant on her.
Her father Martin doesn't get along with his sister Clarissa, so when Clarissa gives Lara her old clarinet, Martin is less than thrilled. Clarissa's clarinet playing was a problem when they were children, and he doesn't have happy memories of that clarinet. The world of music is something Martin and his wife Kai can only struggle to understand. Fortunately or unfortunately, Lara is very talented and loves playing the clarinet. The story follows Lara's life from when she is 9 or 10 to when she is 18 and going out on her own.
Ironically, there's some beautiful music in this film (I loved the piece that Lara plays on the clarinet at the end of the film). I could certainly appreciate the beauty of the sign language that Lara's parents use to communicate, but I also thought it was very sad that they couldn't hear her play, and that the loss of the ability to listen to music is a great loss indeed.
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