Silent Sonata

Story

Synopsis

A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus stops by the house. They bring along the dying director of the circus. Is it possible for anything beautiful to happen in a landscape of war and death? Can life go on? Is it possible to realize that death does not exist?

Director

Janez Burger

Writers

Janez Burger

Language

Slovene

Country

Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Slovenia

Release date

8 February 2011

Budget

$2,000,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Leon Lučev

  Oče

• 

  Luna Mijović

  Hči

• 

  René Bazinet

  Old Man

• Pauliina Räsänen

  Beauty

• Ravil Sultanov

  Circus Leader

• 

  Marjuta Slamič

  Dead Wife

• Daniel Rovai

  Klaun

• Viatcheslav Volkov

  Muscle Man

• David Boelee

  Fire Blower

• Zhang Xiaoxue

  Chinese Girl

• Natalia Sultanova

  Ženski klaun

• Devi Bragalini

  Sin