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Acclaimed by critics and audiences everywhere, BEYOND SILENCE is the powerful Academy Award(R)-nominated story of a young woman's battle for independence and her deaf parents' struggle to understand her gift for music. Given a clarinet by her free-spirited aunt, Lara is immediately consumed by a new passion her parents cannot begin to fully comprehend. Determined to follow her dreams, Lara's ongoing pursuit of music creates an ever-widening rift that eventually threatens to tear apart her once close-knit family. An inspirational and highly entertaining motion picture offering from Miramax Home Entertainment -- you'll be riveted as this family must somehow learn to reach beyond differences, expectations ... and beyond silence ... to bring their two worlds together once again!

Rating : - Love Resonates Beyond the Ear's Ability to Hear
Lara cares for her deaf parents but is pulled out of their orbit by her passion for music and her attraction to her aunt, who fosters her passion for the clarinet. Her pursuit of a music conservatory slot and that growing bond with her aunt estranges her from her family.

Her mother's sudden and accidental death forces her to confront some harsh feelings about her father, who resents the primacy of music in his daughter's life.

This largely melancholy film offers a redemptive ending as Lara auditions for a coveted slot in the Berlin music conservatory while her father appears unannounced to offer his wordless support. Love and passion transcend silence and bridges the gap between parallel worlds and family fissures.