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I hear, therefore I am. In Caroline Link's acclaimed debut film, a girl discovers the world of music -- and in so doing, discovers who she is.
Lara's parents are deaf. Since she is the only one in her family who can hear and speak, she has been the link between her parents and the outside world from an early age, interpreting for them in the most absurd situations. When Lara receives a clarinet as a gift from her spirited and fun-loving aunt Clarissa, she begins to discover the wonderful world of music. Clarissa casts more and more of a spell over the girl. Thus begins Lara's farewell to her parents' home and to her childhood.
This screening is for free.
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Before the film: Talk with director Caroline Link and deaf actress Anne Zander moderated by Monika Oschek.
The screening of BEYOND SILENCE will conclude the Cast-Me-In Day, Sunday, June 25 at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Opening doors, creating encounters - for more visibility of people with disabilities in film. This is the goal of Tina Thiele's Cast Me In initiative with Erwin Aljukic as patron and Caroline Link as godmother at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF) and at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. At the casting event (by invitation), actors* with and without disabilities from Munich and the region meet casting decision-makers. At a public panel in the Amerikahaus, Sunday, 10:00 a.m., we will ask what Germany can learn from other countries on the topic of "inclusion in film".
We offer an inclusive version for this film in cooperation with the app GRETA.
Meet the director
Caroline Link
Caroline Link was born in Bad Nauheim in 1964. After graduating from high school, she spent a year as an au pair in California and then completed an internship of several months at Bavaria Film Studios in Munich. From 1986 to 1991, she attended the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and was an assistant director on the side. Her graduation film, SOMMERTAGE (1991), received a Kodak promotional award at the Hofer Filmtage. In 2003 she received the Oscar for best foreign-language film for NOWHERE IN AFRICA. ALL ABOUT ME (2018), about the childhood of German comedian Hape Kerkeling, has been her most popular feature film to date, having been seen by more than 3.6 million moviegoers.