The Silence

THE SILENCE (1963) - Nov. 1, 2004
The title of this film is certainly appropriate, as in the entire 96 minute run-time of the movie, I think there might be five minutes of dialogue. About a young boy, his mother and her sister, and a brief stop they make in a foreign country when one of the sisters falls ill. The movie essentially consists of long, wordless sequences in which the characters wander around. Finally towards the end of the movie the two sisters get into a fight (they apparently hate each other), but it is essentially meaningless since we don't really know either of them. Ingmar Bergman's direction is pretty much the sole highlight of the film -- at the very least it's usually interesting to look at. **