Breach in the Silence (Spanish: Brecha en el silencio) is a 2012 Venezuelan drama film directed by Luis Rodríguez and Andrés Rodríguez.[1][2] The film was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[3][4] but it was not nominated.
| Breach in the Silence | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Luis Rodríguez Andrés Rodríguez |
| Starring | Vanessa Di Quattro |
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| Country | Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editAna (Di Quattro) is a deaf-and-dumb girl from an impoverished family. She works in a sewing factory with her mother, Julia (Cuervos), who is enamored with the drunk and abusive Antonio (León) and ignores her three children. After the youngest, Manuel (Pimentel), witnesses Antonio rape Julia, Ana debates taking revenge on the man who has ruined her family.[5]
The Hollywood Reporter writes that "unusually for a Venezuelan movie, there is little direct social comment, and only the most oblique criticism of the wider conditions that have made this family so desperately screwed-up".[5]
Cast
editProduction
editThe film directors, twins Luis and Andrés Rodríguez, first worked in social work with children and then began making documentaries to show the conditions of many marginalized Venezuelans. After Villa del Cine announced funding for low-budget fiction films in 2011, the brothers applied and were able to tell a similar story as a drama with Breach in the Silence.[6]
The research and writing of the film is said to have taken six months and involved the Venezuelan Association of the Deaf. The film was in pre-production for two months, and filming only took six weeks.[6]
Awards
edit| Event | Award | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos de Oriente (ELCO)[6] | Best Production Design | Darwin Angola | Won |
| Best Direction | A & L Rodríguez | Won | |
| Best Film | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Antonio Garcia | Won | |
| Best Advertisement | Intramovies | Won | |
| 2012 Cairo International Film Festival[6] | Best First Film | Won | |
| Best Actress | Vanessa Di Quattro | Won | |
| Premio FIPRESCI | Won |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Breach in the Silence". Seattle IFF. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "The 14th Havana Film Festival: Things the Way They Are, Breach in the Silence, & More". Slant. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ ""Brecha en el silencio" optará para ser nominada al Óscar". El Universal. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Venezuela Submits Rodriguez Brothers' 'Breach in the Silence' to Academy Awards Foreign Language Film Competition". Latinos Post. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Breach in the Silence (Brecha en el silencio): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "BRECHA EN EL SILENCIO (Cine Venezolano 2013)". Gran Cine. Retrieved 31 August 2019.