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Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille)
Lara's parents are both deaf. Since she is the only member of her family who can hear and speak, she has served as a kind of foreign minister for her family from an early age, translating and negotiating for them in even the most absurd of situations. When Lara's vivacious and temperamental aunt Clarissa gives her a clarinet as a present, the girl begins to discover the wonderful world of music. Her father observes this development with waxing unease, as he fears losing his daughter to a world he has no access to. Torn between her love of music and her love of her parents, the growing Lara finally chooses a life of music. When she decides to go to Berlin and attend the music conservatory, the difficult and painful process of leaving home begins ...
Caroline Link was born in Bad Nauheim in 1964 and studied at the University of Television & Film in Munich from 1986-1991. Her graduation film Sommertage (1991) won the Kodak Award at the Hof Film Festival. Her 1996 feature debut Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) was nominated in 1998 for the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film and received the Bavarian Film Award, the German Film Award in Silver and the Guild Film Award in Gold, among other commendations. Her other films include: the Erich Kaestner-adaptation Annaluise and Anton (Puenktchen und Anton, 1999), Kalle der Traeumer (TV, 1992), Glueck zum Anfassen (1989), Bunte Blumen (1988), and the Oscar®-winning Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika, 2001) for which she also received German Film Awards for Best Film and Best Director as well as the Special Jury Prize at Karlovy Vary in 2002.Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 1996
Director Caroline Link
Screenplay Caroline Link, Beth Serlin
Director of Photography Gernot Roll
Editor Patricia Rommel
Music by Niki Reiser
Producers Jakob Claussen, Luggi Waldleitner, Thomas Woebke
Production Companies Claussen+Woebke+Putz Filmproduktion/Munich, Roxy Film/Munich, in co-production with ARTE/Strasbourg, BR/Munich, SDR/Stuttgart, Swiss Television SF/Zurich
Principal Cast Sybille Canonica, Emmanuelle Laborit, Howie Seago, Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb
Length 109 min, 2,900 m
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Festival Screenings Munich 1996, Mill Valley 1996, Chicago 1997, Tokyo 1997, Vancouver 1997
Awards Bavarian Film Award 1997, Golden Plaque Chicago 1997, German Film Awards 1997 for Best Leading Actress and Best Film Music, Guild Film Award 1997 from the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, Best Screenplay and Grand Prix Tokyo 1997, Audience Award Vancouver 1997
With backing from FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, BMI
German Distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany/Munich
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