With her ability to speak other languages and navigate the modern world, teenager Fatma has to do a lot for her mother as the two try to get by as Kurdish refugees living in Italy. But there’s one thing Fatma isn’t equipped to handle: passing along a devastating diagnosis, even when time is of the essence. “The Silence (Il Silenzio),” an Italian short film directed by Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari that is a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival (presented with support from IMAX), begins with Fatma (Fatma Alakus) accompanying her mother Cahide (Cahide Ozel) to the hospital where a doctor.
- 8/10/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
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