Silenci

2007
12m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first timeÂ… and of course all changes force us to learn new lessons. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back Â– to home, and a husband she still loves and respects, but who has still to learn to listen to his wife and find out what her needs are. In these difficult moments for his parents, DolorsÂ’son, Jordi, goes to see her in her hotel. As Dolors listens to her son, she feels admiration for his achievements and gratitude for the consideration he shows her, while she also admires the professional success of her daughter-in-law Neus, in whom she now places her hopes, happy in the knowledge that women can be wives and mothers while remaining women.

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Psychological Drama Drama Romance Short

After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own p... Read allAfter thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back - to home, and a husband she still l... Read allAfter thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back - to home, and a husband she still loves and respects, but who has still to learn to listen to his wife and find out what her ... Read all

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
When Sergi Rubió was 18 he was struck by this narrative device when he saw it in the first five minutes of Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969). Though he have never seen the film again he have wanted to pay homage to this scene for almost 11 years.

Goofs
In the very last scene, the collar of the character played by Jordi Domènech blocks the frontal shots of the actress Montse Caminal, inadvertently hiding her face. After toying with different solutions, so that the offending garment wouldn't get in the way of the shot, we saw how in the middle of the scene, Montse reciprocates the gesture of a caress on the part of the actor by adjusting his collar and hence allowing the spectators to finally see her as can be observed in the final cut of this short film.

Quotes
Ernest: Dolors, thank god you've finally called. I haven't slept all night. I've called all your friends. None of them knew where you were. I was going to call the hospitals, in case something had happened to you. Tell me where you are, Dolors. What's happened, my love?
Dolors: Ernest, I'm fine, really.
Ernest: Is that all you can say? You've never disappeared like this, without telling me where you were going, or even leaving me a note. Dolors, do you realize that I've been awake all night? All night wondering what had happened. I feared the worst. Are you all right? Tell me where you are and I'll come and pick you up.
Dolors: Ernest, please, calm down. Please, Ernest, I'm fine. That's all that matters. You have to listen to me. I've packed my bags for a week. Then, I'll decide what to do.
Ernest: Do you realize what you're saying? What on earth are you saying? What do you have to decide? Your place is here with me. What the hell do you have to decide? I'm your husband! For God's sake, Dolors, for God's sake! You think you can be wandering around for a week? And what do you mean, that you'll decide what to do? Where are you going to sleep? Have you got any money?
Dolors: I've spent the night in a hotel. I was tired of all that driving and thinking.
Ernest: You're frightening me, Dolors. Dolors, you're frightening me. For the first time in thirty years you're frightening me. Look, Dolors, if I've done anything to upset you, I promise we can talk about it. You can't do this to me, Dolors. You can't do this to me, Dolors. You're not alone. Is that it? You're not alone. Just thinking that I don't know where you are, that you're far away from home, wandering the streets... Dolors!
Dolors: Please, Ernest, I just need time.
Ernest: Dolors!
Dolors: I need you to give me time.
Ernest: Dolors!
Dolors: I've got to hang up.
Ernest: No, Dolors, don't hang up!
Dolors: I just wanted you to know that I'm fine.
Ernest: Don't hang up, Dolors!
Dolors: Goodbye, Ernest.

Crazy credits
In those days (and this is one of those short films) Sergi Rubió always signed his work with the following link: myspace.com/sergirubio way at the bottom, at the very end of the credits, instead of the name of the production company, the distributor or at least the name of the person who owned the rights, not to mention the closing titles which one would find at the end of just about any commercial film.