In Romanian and French with English subtitles.

Directed and written by

Nae Caranfil

With

Marius Florea Vizante, Ovidiu Niculescu, Mirela Zeta, Ioana Bulca, Florin Zamfirescu

Producer:

Cristian Comeaga

Camera:

Marius Panduru

Editor:

Dan Nanoveanu

Music:

Laurent Couson

Screening Format:

35 mm

Awards and Honors:

The Rest is Silence is the Best Foreign Language Academy Award submission from Romania.

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he Rest is Silence shows the further development of the exciting and innovative films from contemporary Romanian cinema, albeit in a completely different vein than the mini-dv rough style of recent exports such as 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. Produced for $4 million, the largest budget ever for a Romanian film, The Rest is Silence tells of the historically true story of the struggle to make the epic The Independence of Romania which pre-dated the American D.W. Griffith's efforts to expand the scale and prestige of the feature film with The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. The Rest is Silence achieves a bigger than life film done on an epic scale that is truly mesmerizing. A must for film buffs but accessible to all. As Variety says, "Less a biopic than a romantic period dramedy about the eternal conflict between business and art, Silence can be enjoyed with no knowledge of the real story." Watch the trailer for The Rest is Silence.

Contemporary Arts Alliance wishes to acknowledge the partnership of Domino Films in presenting The Rest is Silence.