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Bookmark this pageThe Quiet Room (1996)
Director: Rolf de Heer
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The fascination with perception and communication that characterised de Heer's Bad Boy Bubby again dominates this look at a couple's deteriorating relationship as witnessed (with confusion and misunderstanding) by their seven-year-old daughter, who simply refuses to speak - though we hear her thoughts in voice-over. Without ramming the point home, de Heer shows the well-meaning parents' insensitivity, their desperation and their occasional readiness to use the child as a pawn in their power games; and while it's basically a one-idea movie, and perhaps too concerned with formal originality, as opposed to emotional content, it still offers acute insights into a child's inner world.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Rolf de Heer
Producer: Domenico Procacci, Rolf de Heer
Cast: Chloe Ferguson, Phoebe Ferguson, Paul Blackwell, Celine O'Leary full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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