The Language of Silence
Tystnadens språk
Directed by
Sweden
2017
59 min
- English
- Finnish
- Swedish
Documentary
A suitcase full of photos, diaries, phonebooks and a tape with Finnish tango sets Swedish filmmaker Frans Huhta off on an odyssey to get to know his deceased mother and come to peace with a heritage in the shadow of a suicide.
Festivals
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Credits
- Cinematography
- Frans Huhta Karlsson
- Erik Lindeberg
- Robert Nordström
- Maximilien Van Aertryck
- Calle Björned
- Martin Torbjörnsson
- Editing
- Sascha Fülsher
- Nicklas Estberg
- Frans Huhta
- Music
- Jean-Louis Huhta
Director's Statement
The sudden loss of someone who was close to you, who was recently tingling with life in every cell, cannot be described in words. And maybe that's why I was compelled to make this film. As if the need to communicate the inexpressible had taken this path, or rather forced its way up to the surface. Silence will never be an option. This film is a bridge, a meeting place, a starting point for a dialog about what must rise to the surface, about what we can't put words on.
- Production
- MANTARAY FILM
Frans Huhta Karlsson
Sweden
Frans Huhta Karlsson is a documentary filmmaker with an eye for cinematic storytelling. He has directed four short and mid-length films which have been screened on Swedish television and international film festivals. Besides developing his first feature length documentary, THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE, Frans works as a cinematographer and editor, primarily for SVT’s flagship investigative journalism program MISSION INVESTIGATION. 2011/2012 he undertook graduate level studies in documentary film at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.