The Great Silence

Jan 12, 2023

1h 35m

★ 5.3

Overview

Alma lives a humble and secluded life behind the walls of a contemporary Catholic convent in Denmark. As she prepares for her perpetual vows as a nun, her older brother Erik unexpectedly shows up. He is a recovering alcoholic and clearly depressed, yet Alma struggles to show him mercy, as his presence unearths a family secret she has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma begins to lose her footing and doubt whether she is worthy of the love of her God.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Monolit Film

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Cast

Alma / Silje

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Erik

Elliott Crosset Hove

Mother Miriam

Karen-Lise Mynster

Sister Dorothea

Petrine Agger

Agnes

Lena Bondeson

Sister Martha

Diêm Camille

Sister Ruth

Rikke Hagenberg

Father Michael

Joen Højerslev

Bartender

Dorte Højsted

Sister Elisabeth

Bodil Lassen

Sister Agnette

Lin Ly

Isak

Thomas Søndergaard

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