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Directed by | John R. Leonetti |
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Based on | The Silence by Tim Lebbon |
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Cinematography | Michael Galbraith |
Edited by | Michele Conroy |
Music by | Tomandandy |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film (Germany) Netflix (international) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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Languages | English American Sign Language |
Box office | $2.3 million |
The Silence is a 2019 horror film directed by John R. Leonetti and starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, and John Corbett. The screenplay by Carey and Shane Van Dyke adapts the 2015 horror novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon. The film depicts a world under attack by creatures who hunt by sound. Shipka plays a deaf teenager who seeks shelter with her family, and a cult tries to take advantage of her fertility.[1]
Netflix released The Silence on April 10, 2019. It was also released in theaters in seven countries in the rest of 2019, grossing $2.3 million.