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Movie poster: Silent Tongue (1993)
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Silent Tongue

1993 · 102 min Western Horror Drama Romance
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1993
Country France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Genre Western, Horror, Drama, Romance
Director Sam Shepard
Runtime 102 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (19 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs a haunting parable of guilt and obsession, relying on a stark, poetic visual language and a trance-like pace. It explores the frontier where grief curdles into madness, and the past refuses to be buried.

What lingers after viewing is the spectral imagery and the unsettling quiet, a Western stripped of heroism to reveal a raw, spiritual wound. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sam Shepard

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Late at night, in absolute quiet, to absorb its hypnotic, mournful rhythm.

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