Customize Results:
Male Female

Weight in lbs.


Height
ft   in

Age



The Silence of the Forest

[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]
Calorie Rating: 131
Released: 2003-01-01
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Studios: ARTE France Cinéma, Centre National du Cinéma, Les Films Terre Africaine,


A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)

Director / Directors



Cast

Ériq Ebouaney
Character: Gonaba
Nadège Beausson-Diagne
Character: Simone
Sonia Zembourou
Character: Kali

Philippe Mory
Character: The Prefect


Production and Crew


Manu Dibango
Original Music Composer
Pierre-Olivier Larrieu
Director of Photography