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      The Silent Child

      Released Aug 8, 2017 20m Drama List
      92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 86% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate. Read More Read Less

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      Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) The artistic finesse of the film leaves, perhaps, just a little bit more to be desired - it's a case of applauding a message more than its overeager medium. Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2018 Full Review Roberto Friedman Bay Area Reporter Although rather a stark morality tale, the short has enough humanity and empathy in it to engage our attention. Jun 3, 2020 Full Review Annie Banks Cultured Vultures The family is weak, and the supporting cast isn't much of a cast at all. Yes, there's other siblings, but they aren't impressionable or notable in any way. Aug 27, 2018 Full Review Shaun Munro Flickering Myth Beautifully shot and scored though it is, it's the strength of the writing and Shelton's deeply compassionate performance that really makes this one soar. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 19, 2018 Full Review Laura Hiros Diario La Estrella (Fort Worth, TX) Extraordinary production. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 5/5 Mar 14, 2018 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher It's an unusual sort of bigotry on display here, one that many of us who aren't personally touched by the issue may not even be aware of. Absolutely heartbreaking. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 5, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      iam_Lina A the mains characters is Joanne the baby-sisster, Suzanne is mother of Libby little girl. the story tells of the little girl has a bit of hearing in her ear that was overcompensationg. Suzanne hat 3 childrens and maybe is brobalby is commun this problem of Libby she can't lissen oder personne wen he speeck. the plot il this story is Joanne can help libby to lern with the say language. I thinks this story is very realistic in the life. I like it because the personnage acteur is fantastic gennerally if you love the story who the story tell of the life realistic i atwaysing this story he is very good plot amazing. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/17/24 Full Review Haydan J The silent child is a short movie directed by Chris Overton and who show the life of a little deaf girl named Sue So in the story Sue is help by an aid choose by her parents and that the job is to learn to her the sign language . During the film Sue and the aid become friends but her parents wanted Sue to be a normal child like everyone in her class so they finnaly decided to not hire the aid anymore and bring Sue in a therapie for deaf The plot of the story is very interesting and show the childrens with an handicap . The filming is good like a great movie in cinema so I think the production may have spend a lot of money for that. Finnaly , the actors play well and we can understand their emotions Personnaly I really like this movie because it makes us think , it also allows us to stop to talk about our problems and to think about the people who are in a bad situation mentally or physically . It also show that the life can be unfair for some people and that we have to enjoy the life every Day , that's the moral of this film Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/24 Full Review Lololy B the film are Silent chil, the films is directed by Chris Overton and written by Rachel shenton, this films is a short movies. This film tell a moovie about a little girl who are named Libby, she's deaf, she doesn't hear anything. She have one sister and one brother. Her parent are very occupated so they take an aid for learn the language sign for libby. But one day the Libby's mother call joanna the aid of the little girl because his father doesn't want she learn the sign languages. Joanne is a confident on libby. because Joanne is the last person who understand Libby, she don't understand her family. Im not found of emotional film but it is a very good film, the actor play nice they gives a lot of emotion when the little girl are in school and the aid are back to the school, it was the most emotional moment, I cry...So if you loves emotional dramatic film Go Go Go. thanks for reading Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/24 Full Review Zackarie H "The silent child", is a film directed by Chris Overton in 2017. This short film tell us the story of Libby played by Maisie Sly, a young deaf girl who lives with her family. Libby's family is composed of her mother Sue, her father, her brother and her sister. Despite her deafness, Libby often lacks attention within her family as she cannot communicate with them, but this changes when Joanne becomes Libby's babysitter and teaches her sign language. The film is well made, with good acting, filmed without any special effects, which fits the story perfectly in my opinion. I also think that each scene is important and not boring, which makes the film enjoyable to watch. In conclusion, I recommend “The Silent Child” because it talks about a very important subject which is difference and intolerance. And shows us the difficulties these people have to live with. Which makes this film sad and interesting to watch for me. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/24 Full Review Jordan R Directed by Chris Overton, The silent child tell the story of a deaf kid, Libby (played by Maise Sly). She has an aid, Joanne (played by Rachel Shenton) because she has a problem for communicate with her family. The plot seems to be gripping because this is sad to view Libby lonely when Joanne isn't with her. The filming technique is very good and the film don't have special effects. The actors play very well and seems to be natural. The objective of the script is to send a message to the viewers : "a lot of deaf children has not specialist with her a the school and at the home". Generally, i find this film touchant and i recommand The silent child to all persons. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review aliya r The Silent child was directed by Chris Overton in 2017.It talk about on girl who name Libby darling who was deaf and her mom and dad not talk the sign language so they engaged an aid to learn sign language tp libby but when she knwo talk sign language her parent decided to send in scool but libby was not happy.For mi there acting was verry good and the quality of the film was verry good.for mi this film is an drama because is not an happy end .I recomended this film if you like love and drama. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
      Director
      Chris Overton
      Producer
      Mo Chaudry, Vanessa Johnstone, Ian Lowe, Terry Murphy
      Screenwriter
      Rachel Shenton
      Production Co
      Slick Films
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 8, 2017, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 4, 2018
      Runtime
      20m