Silent Land

A bourgeois Polish couple's relationship disintegrates during a stressful Italian vacation, in Aga Woszczyńska's feature debut and festival favourite.

"The first thing they notice on arrival at their vacation rental is that the swimming pool is empty. Their Italian host swiftly sends over a migrant worker to fix the situation. The young, muscular Arab man immediately faces a language barrier with the couple. When he suffers a terrible accident poolside, it’s as if fate had been conspiring against all three of them from the beginning. But now, with their holiday at risk and the small town’s police sniffing around, this sleek couple must test the strength of their own moral foundations." (Toronto International Film Festival)

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