Screenwriter: Mohsen Makmalbaf

Producer: Marin Karmitz

From one of Iran’s most celebrated filmmakers comes The Silence, a hypnotic symphony of visual and aural rhythms.

The Silence follows Khorshid, a blind 10-year old living with his mother in a small Tajikistan village. Khorshid earns money tuning musical instruments, while Nadereh — the beautiful protege of the instrument maker for whom Khorshid works — acts as his eyes, fetching him every day at the bus stop and leading him through the streets. About to lose his job and home, Khorshid creates a world where he can be happy — where hypnotic sounds and the music of the world shows him how to experience life.

“Radiantly sensuous” — New York Times

“A flip-book of gorgeous, lyrical images” — San Francisco Examiner