40 DAYS OF SILENCE
synopsis
Bibicha is a young woman who suddenly refuses to speak, and conceals herself from villagers in the house of her grandmother Khanjarmomo. Khanjarmomo lives with her illegally born granddaughter Sharifa; they both support Bibicha in her vow of 40 days of silence, which she carries out in hopes of being rejoined by her recently disappeared lover. Yet Khanjarmomo doubts the girl’s motives: is the vow really for the sake of her beloved, or is she trying to hide an illicit pregnancy?
| international title: | 40 Days of Silence |
| original title: | Chilla |
| country: | Uzbekistan, Netherlands, Germany, France |
| sales agent: | Pascale Ramonda Paris |
| year: | 2014 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Saodat Ismailova |
| film run: | 88' |
| screenplay: | Saodat Ismailova, Ulughbek Sadikov |
| cast: | Rushana Sadikova, Saodat Rahminova, Barohad Shukurova, Farida Olimova |
| cinematography by: | Benito Strangio |
| film editing: | Nathalie Alonso Casale, Benjamin Mirguet |
| art director: | Azamat Turajev |
| music: | Jacob Kirkegaard |
| producer: | Denis Vaslin |
| co-producer: | Jean des Forêts, Benny Drechsel, Marie Dubas, Fleur Knopperts, Karsten Stöter |
| production: | Rohfilm GmbH, Volya Films, Petit Film |
| backing: | World Cinema Fund, Fonds Sud Cinema, Hubert Bals Fund |
