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Conspiracy of Silence
198126 min 27 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Nelu Ghiran
Production: Vladimir ValentaTom Radford
Script: Laurie Clayton
Produced by the NFB in cooperation with the Department of Social Services and Community Health of the Province of Alberta, and ACCESS.
A dramatic film about generational differences that almost split a family apart. Anna, fifteen, dates Bill. Her parents don't trust her. Jack, her brother, ended his life a year ago. Her parents disguised it as a car accident. Tension builds between Anna and her parents until she attempts to end her life. The magnitude of their problems prompts a family reconciliation. Dramatic, realistic, fast-moving, this film sounds an alarm on the subject of teenage suicide.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > AdolescentsFamily LifeSuicide
- Families > AdolescentsFamily ConflictsMental Health
- Children and Youth > Family LifeYoung persons with disabilities
Credits
- director
- Nelu Ghiran
- producer
- Vladimir Valenta
- executive producer
- Tom Radford
- script
- Laurie Clayton
- photography
- Jorge Montesi
- sound
- Janet Eld
- Alex Viszmeg
- editing
- Albert Kish
- Wayne Anderson
- sound editing
- Avrel Fisher
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Tommy Banks
- cast
- Tommy Banks
- Murray Berg
- Robert Galbraith
- Jana Lapel Millman
- Warren W. Sulatychy
- Judy Wood