Silent Sonata (2011)

Name: Silent Sonata
Director: Janez Burger
Genre: War, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 2011-02-08
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Cast: Leon Lučev, Luna Mijović, René Bazinet, Pauliina Räsänen

War Fantasy Drama

Director: Janez Burger

Cast: Leon Lučev, Luna Mijović, René Bazinet, Pauliina Räsänen

Runtime75 min

Rating15

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A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus stops by the house. They bring along the dying director of the circus. Is it possible for anything beautiful to happen in a landscape of war and death? Can life go on? Is it possible to realize that death does not exist?

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Fans of unconventional, thoughtful war films will be captivated by director Janez Burger's 2011 drama Silent Sonata, which blends fantasy and drama to explore the human impact of conflict through the lens of a father struggling to protect his children in a devastated landscape.

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Silent Sonata is a 2011 Slovenian war drama film directed by Janez Burger and has no dialogue. The main producers are the Slovene Stara Gara and the Irish Fastnet Films. Silent Sonata is the first official Slovene-Irish-Swedish-Finnish co-production and was shot in 35 days in Slovenia and Ireland. The world premiere took place on the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011. The production crew included members from at least 18 countries. The film's original title was Circus Fantasticus, but only in Slovenia, as it is distributed under its original title.