Silent Sonata

Feb 8, 2011

1h 15m

★ 7.0

Overview

A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus stops by the house. They bring along the dying director of the circus. Is it possible for anything beautiful to happen in a landscape of war and death? Can life go on? Is it possible to realize that death does not exist?

Genres

War

Fantasy

Drama

Production Companies

Cine Works

Staragara

Chimney Sweden

Silent Sonata Trailers

Cast

Oče

Leon Lučev

Hči

Luna Mijović

Old Man

René Bazinet

Beauty

Pauliina Räsänen

Circus Leader

Ravil Sultanov

Dead Wife

Marjuta Slamič

Klaun

Daniel Rovai

Muscle Man

Viatcheslav Volkov

Fire Blower

David Boelee

Chinese Girl

Zhang Xiaoxue

Ženski klaun

Natalia Sultanova

Sin

Devi Bragalini

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