THE GREAT SILENCE

DEN STORE STILHED

By Katrine BROCKS

TRUSTNORDISK - as SALES All rights

Drama - Completed 2022

Alma is preparing to take her perpetual vows as a nun when her brother Erik unexpectedly arrives after many years, pretending his share of the inheritance from their late father. With the ceremony impending, Alma is haunted by the trauma of a turbulent past.

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian FF 2022
New Directors
Chicago IFF 2022
Official Selection / Roger Ebart Award
Goteborg IFF 2023
Nordic Light
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • DENMARK
    • Languages
    • DANISH
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Katrine BROCKS
    • Synopsis
    • 29-year-old Alma lives a quiet life in a contemporary Catholic convent and is preparing to take her perpetual vows as a nun when her brother Erik unexpectedly arrives after many years apart. Erik, a recovering alcoholic, wants his share of the inheritance from their late father. However, his presence quickly unearths a much deeper deceit between them – a terrible accident from their past, which Alma has desperately tried to suppress. With the ceremony impending, Alma is haunted by resurfacing trauma and all that was previously invisible is now written on the walls.