Jenseits der Stille

1996 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama / Music

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 4771 4.8K

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Plot summary

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.

Director

Caroline Link Photo
Caroline Link

Top cast

Stephan Kampwirth Photo
Stephan Kampwirth as Bankbeamter
Hansa Czypionka Photo
Hansa Czypionka as Tom
Emmanuelle Laborit Photo
Emmanuelle Laborit as Kai
Birge Schade Photo
Birge Schade as Fräulein Mertens
720p.BLU
1.01 GB
1280*720
German 2.0
PG-13
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

Worthy of its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign

Worthy of its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film that year.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Beyond Silence" is a film about a deaf

"Beyond Silence" is a film about a deaf couple's difficulty to connect with their two children who are able to hear. The main character is the oldest child, Lara, who develops a talent and passion for the clarinet despite her parents being unable to hear, and thus not supporting her in her music education. Lara has a very close relationship with her parents but after she begins to play the clarinet she grows away from them. They cannot understand her passion, and she remains angry at their inability to support her talent. Her aunt is in contrast, able to hear, and is a professional clarinet player. Since she is the one who gave Lara a clarinet and supported her the two become close despite the aunt not consistently being there for her. This closeness is shown in the cinematography capturing the two in similar positions or using similar hand gestures. One scene in particular when the two were in Berlin (for Lara to apply to a music school) shows them side by side in a car where a frame within a frame technique was used that really conveys Lara's imitation of her aunt. This relationship feels like a betrayal to the father since he and his sister do not get along. They both resent each other for receiving special treatment as children and also were unable to form a bond since one was deaf and the other was not. This story is an alternative coming of age story for a family that struggles to connect; however the film also comments on society and their disconnect to handicapped people. For example, when Lara's grandmother comments on Germany's historical prejudice against sign language when she says "If I hadn't listened to that pighead, my hands might be able to fly, too.'' referring to never learning her own son's language. "Beyond Silence" attempts to capture the everyday hardships of the deaf community while crafting an important message on the universal family dynamics, and importance to try and understand in order to retain a strong bond of love despite physical differences.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

You might not believe it's so real, but

You might not believe it's so real, but I speak from experience as a hearing child of a deaf parent, I've experienced all those scenes of translation, fights with my dad, etc. Love it.
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