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''Los silencios'' is a 2018
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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written, co-produced and directed by
Beatriz Seigner Beatriz Seigner is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Seigner was born in São Paulo. Her first films were shorts ''Uma Menina Como Outras Mil'' (2001), ''Roda Real'' (2004), and ''Índias'' (2005). Her debut feature ''Bollywood Dream' ...
. The film explores themes of family, trauma, and the supernatural against the backdrop of conflict in
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
. It premiered in the
Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (, formerly ) is an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as a ...
section at the
2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, fo ...
and was later screened at several international film festivals, receiving critical acclaim for its unique storytelling and atmospheric setting. At the 20th
Havana Film Festival New York The Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) is a film festival, based in New York City, that screens cinema from across Latin America with a special focus on Cuba and its Cinema of Cuba, film industry. It is a project of The American Friends of th ...
, protagonist Marleyda Soto was awarded the Havana Star Prize for Best Actress for her role in the film.


Plot

''Los Silencios'' follows the story of Amparo, a Colombian woman who, along with her two children, flees violence in Colombia and arrives on an isolated island on the border between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The island, called La Isla de los Silencios, is shrouded in mystery and is inhabited by people who appear to be the living and the dead coexisting peacefully. As Amparo tries to settle her family into their new life, she discovers that the island harbors secrets, and her late husband, who was thought to have died in the conflict, mysteriously appears. Through supernatural and surreal elements, the film portrays the emotional aftermath of the Colombian conflict, emphasizing the toll that war takes on individuals and families. The borderland setting and the island's ghostly inhabitants serve as metaphors for unresolved grief and trauma.


Cast

* Marleyda Soto as Amparo * Enrique Díaz as Adão * Maria Paula Tabares Peña as Nuria * Adolfo Savinvino as Fabio


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* 2018 films 2018 drama films Brazilian drama films Colombian drama films French drama films 2010s Portuguese-language films 2010s Spanish-language films Spanish-language Brazilian films Spanish-language French films 2018 multilingual films Brazilian multilingual films 2010s Colombian films 2010s Brazilian films 2010s French films Films directed by Beatriz Seigner {{2010s-France-drama-film-stub