29-year-old Alma lives a quiet life in a contemporary Catholic convent and is preparing to take her perpetual vows as a nun, when her brother Erik arrives unexpectedly after many years apart. Erik’s presence unearths a secret tragedy from their past and with the ceremony impending, Alma becomes increasingly haunted by resurfacing trauma and begins to lose her footing.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 35 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2022
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Katrine Brocks
- Screenplay
- Marianne Lentz, Katrine Brocks
- Producers
- Pernille Tornøe
- Cinematography
- Mia Mai Dengsø Graabæk
- Music
- Johan Carøe
- Cast
- Kristine Kujath Thorp, Elliott Crosset Hove, Karen-Lise Mynster
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Katrine Brocks
Katrine Brocks graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2019 with the short film Under bølgerne, over skyerne (Below the Waves, Above the Clouds). She has also directed Kullen (2018) and Uden at blinke (In the Blink of an Eye, 2020), winner of the Danish Academy's Robert Award for Best Short Film in 2021. „The Great Silence“ is her first feature film.
