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Her Silence

2026 · 17 min

A quiet, closely observed chamber piece where unspoken tension between a parent and child carries more weight than any argument.

Directed by
Lionel Seah
Genres
Drama
Overview
An international student hosts her visiting parents in her Sydney flat, and spends two fraught days wrestling with her mother’s unspoken apprehensions about the life her daughter has chosen to build in Australia.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, immigration, identity, isolation
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Lionel Seah
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Lionel Seah
    Written by
    Iris Liu, Lionel Seah
    Starring
    Iris Li, Doreen Toh, Gary Young, Bryan Huang
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    Australia, Singapore
    Languages
    English, Mandarin

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