52nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

20.11.2003 to 29.11.2003
Mannheim and Heidelberg

Awards

Silence of the Sea
Die Stille des Meeres
Directed by:
2003

This case study of an Iranian emigrant depicts the trauma of dislodged human experience, searching its identity between old home and new home. The island off the coast of Iran and communication by cell phone are both metaphors for the torn protagonist’s inner conflict.