Silent Waters Movie Review 2003

When a young Muslim makes an all-too-quick conversion from his romance-filled life to militant indoctrination, it leads his mother to confront her haunted past. Geared primarily for the Pakistani audience, the story takes for granted that Western viewers have a background understanding of the 1947 partitioning of India and Pakistan. While Kirron Kher delivers a full-dimensional performance as the mother, other characters aren't as fleshed out. Teeters between doc and Bollywood. In Punjabi with subtitles.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Islam, Widows & Widowers, Period Piece: 1970s, Middle East

Cast

Arshad Mahmud, Kiron Kher, Aamir Ali Malik, Salman Shahid, Shilpa Shukla, Sarfaraz Ansari

Cinematography

Ralph Netzer

Director

Sabiha Sumar

Music

Madan Gopal Singh, Arshad Mahmud

Other

Uve Haussig, Matthias Lempert, Bettina Boehler, Frank Herzog, Heike Schultz-Fadenrecht, Oliver Meidinger