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Silence: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano. In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
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- Drama, History
- Martin Scorsese
- 2017-01-13
Silence is a historical drama film based on a novel by Shūsaku Endō, about two Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan. The film explores their faith, persecution and apostasy in a time of religious suppression.
Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium. [1] .
noun. absence of any sound or noise; stillness. the state or fact of being silent; muteness. absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft. the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence. concealment; secrecy.
SILENCE definition: 1. a period without any sound; complete quiet: 2. a state of not speaking or writing or making a…. Learn more.
Find 181 words that mean silence or are related to silence, such as stillness, quiet, obscurity, and suppression. See definitions, examples, and antonyms of silence.
