Jenseits der Stille

"About life, love and the sound of snow."

Jun 5 1998 PG-13 1h 49m
Drama, Music

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.

Plot

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 and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature she becomes interested in music and starts to play clarinet very successfully. However her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.

Written by

Caroline Link, Beth Serlin

Directed by

Caroline Link

Cast

Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Bayerischer Rundfunk, Roxy Film

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 7 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
4,679
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA