The Silent Ones
Key Cast: Arieh Worthalter, Arnaud Duléry, François Gillerot, Hugo Simon, Thierry Barbet
Director: Basile Vuillemin
Producer: Arnaud S. Gantenbein, Samuel Feller, Thomas Guentch
Screenwriter: Basile Vuillemin, Blandine Jet
Cinematographer: Olivier Boonjing
Composer: Michael Chapon
Viewer Advice: Strong impact themes.
Obstinacy and recklessness lead a team of fishermen out into dangerous waters.
After four days at sea, the crew of a small trawler have come up with a negligible catch. Second-in-command Jorick urges them to keep casting, breaching the borders of a prohibited zone, where a sickening haul amplifies mounting tensions between co-workers. Capturing the distinctive rhythms of seafaring, including its everyday routines, backbreaking physicality and the shifting power dynamics of male camaraderie, French director Basile Vuillemin raises riveting questions: Is Jorick motivated by desperation? Avarice? Or just plain machismo? Either way, his difficult decision will have profound consequences for everyone tangled in his net.