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The Perfect Silence

2013 · 18 min

A tense, intimate slice-of-life that simmers with neighbourly friction before pivoting to an unlikely, tender connection.

Directed by
Naz Sadoughi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Souad Faress, Sophie Ellerby, Amy Costello
Tagline
The parallel lives of two women with a single wall between them…one night their lives intersect in an unexpected way.
Overview
Heavily pregnant Natalie 18 (bolshie and brash) still parties hard with best mate Mel. Homayra 60's (Middle eastern and proud) lives next door and cares for ailing husband Sully. She's sick of Natalie and her friends, their racist comments and loud music. However one night, events change the course of the two women's lives forever and bring forth an unlikely union.

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Directed by
Naz Sadoughi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Souad Faress, Sophie Ellerby, Amy Costello
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • class
  • race
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Souad Faress, Sophie Ellerby, Amy Costello, Dev Sagoo, Michael Tantrum, Kamran Darabi-Ford, Kate Russell-Smith
Cinematography
Bevis Bowden
Runtime
18 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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