The Boy Who Stopped Talking

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De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Screenplay byLou Brouwers
Produced by Burny Bos
Starring
  • Erçan Orhan
  • Halsho Hussain
  • Rick van Gastel
CinematographyPiotr Kukla
Edited byHerman P. Koets
Music by Nizamettin Ariç
Production
company
Distributed byHungry Eye Pictures
Release date
  • 10 October 1996 (1996-10-10)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Languages Dutch, Kurdish

The Boy Who Stopped Talking (Dutch : De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte) is a 1996 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart.

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Plot

Memo is a 9-year-old Kurdish boy. He lives in Eastern Turkey together with his little sister and mother. He is very happy there. His father works in the Netherlands. In the area where Memo lives, war is on the horizon. His father decides to bring his family to the Netherlands. Memo doesn't want to, but nobody asked him anything. From then on, he decides not to talk anymore.

Cast

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