Beyond Silence

1998 | Drama, Music, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature she becomes interested in music and starts to play clarinet very successfully. However her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.

Scores

Overall Score
32.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
22.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
18.9%
Review Aggregate
80.0

Critic Consensus

75.0% Fresh • 4 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 75% of 4 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize tragic, emotional, character-driven. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

tragicemotionalcharacter-drivenvisually strikingthought-provokingrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Sylvie Testud1998$2,000$4,000(est)
Howie Seago1998$1,000$2,000(est)
Emmanuelle Laborit1998$1,000$2,000(est)
Sibylle Canonica1998$1,000$1,000(est)
Matthias Habich1998$1,000$1,000(est)
Hansa Czypionka1998$1,000$1,000(est)
Tatjana Trieb1998$0$1,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count12
Rotten Tomatoes audience score81.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes4,719

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1998$181,881$350,037
International1998N/AN/A
Worldwide1998$181,881$350,037

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1998$90,940$175,019
Digital Rentals ?1998N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1998N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1998$3,190,000$6,139,282
Physical Purchases ?1998$4,463,000$8,589,222
TV & Streaming Revenue1998$81,846$157,517
Total Revenues1998$7,825,787$15,061,040
Expenses
Budget ?1998$250,000 (est)$481,135 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1998$146,000 (est)$280,983 (est)
Participations1998$313,000$602,381
Residuals ?1998$561,000$1,079,667
Interest & Overhead1998$50,000$96,227
Total Expenses1998$1,320,000$2,540,393
Movie Net Profit or Loss1998$6,505,787$12,520,647

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