Baran bo Odar’s The Silence

Among the titles that could make the leap from next month’s Locarno to Toronto next September, is the feature debut from Baran bo Odar. An ensemble pic that comes across as a mass psychological meltdown, The Silence, or otherwise known as Das letzte Schweigen‘s trailer certainly sets the mood for what could be an unnerving experience a la original verson of George Sluizer’s The Vanishing.

You’ll notice Ulrich Thomsen among a cast of German actors and the basic synopsis revolves around the case of a missing 13-year-old Sinikka, who vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.