''Unspoken'' (french: Non-dit) is a 2008 Belgian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

. It was written and directed by

Fien Troch Fien Troch (born 1978, in Londerzeel) is a Belgium, Belgian left field film director, producer and screenwriter. Career After graduating from the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nom ...

, produced by Antonino Lombardo, and starred

Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos (born 10 May 1964) is a French actress. She is the daughter of actress Marie Henriau. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in ''Sur mes lèvres'', directed by Jacques Audiard. She has also bee ...

and Bruno Todeschini. The film tells the story of Grace, who is still grappling with the disappearance of her daughter five years earlier, and her husband Lukas, who is trapped in his own helpless grief. He and Grace have long since stopped communicating. As Grace confronts a series of small absurdities in her apartment building, Lukas finds himself unable to complete even the simplest of daily tasks. When something truly heartbreaking happens in a family, the deepest response is often unspoken. ''Unspoken'' had its world premiere at the

2008 Toronto International Film Festival 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. It has received high praise from film critics and won various awards from numerous film organizations and festivals. The film was named Best Film of 2009 by the

Belgian Film Critics Association The Belgian Film Critics Association (french: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC) is an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium. History The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in Br ...

(UCC) winning the André Cavens Award.

received Best Female Performance at the

26th Torino Film Festival The 26th Torino Film Festival was held 21 – 29 November 2008 in Turin, Italy, directed by Nanni Moretti.Camillo De Marco"Turin FF: Moretti promises “earnest and cheerful” event" ''Cineuropa'', November 8, 2008. Films in competition *'' B ...

. The film was also nominated for the Grand Prix at the

Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Film Fest Ghent, spelt Film Fest Gent in Flemish and also known as International Film Fest Gent, is an annual international film festival in Ghent, Belgium. The festival held its first edition in 1974, under the name Internationaal Filmgebeuren ...

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