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About

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

Directors

Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari

Producers

Giovanni Pompili, Olivier Chantriaux

Music

Matti Paalanen

Studio

Kino Produzioni, Filmo

Original Title

Il silenzio

Original Language

Italian

Keywords

italy refugee immigrant language barrier breast cancer cancer hospital doctor illness childhood woman director kurdish medical examination hospital visit mother daughter relationship short film kurds hospital setting refugees female filmmaker language-barrier