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The Boy Who Stopped Talking (1996)
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Drama, Family · 1h 48m
Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.
Cast
E
Erçan Orhan
Mohammed Akkus (Memo)
H
Halsho Hussain
Mustafa
B
Brader Musiki
Hüsnü Akkus
H
Husna Killi
Fatma Akkus
Peter Bolhuis
Vader Jeroen
L
Louis Ates
Jeroen Ligthart
Heleen Hummelen
Inge Smeets
Rick van Gastel
Harry
Han Kerckhoffs
Chauffeur schoolbus
S
Shielan Muhammad
Rojda
Han Oldigs
Arts
Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh
Politieagent
Crew
- Director
- Ben Sombogaart
- Producer
- Burny Bos
Details
- Original title
- De jongen die niet meer praatte
- Release date
- 1996-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, Kurdish
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- BosBros