🎬 Drama, Family

The Boy Who Stopped Talking

⭐ 5.6/10 1996 1h 48m Dir. Ben Sombogaart

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Memo is a nine-year-old boy who lives in Turkey with his mother and little sister, while his father works in a Netherlands seaport. When war looms near his family home, Memo's father moves the family to be with him in the Netherlands. Memo is unhappy at having to leave his village, his best friend, Mustafa, and his job as a mail boy. Once installed in his father's basement flat, Memo begins his own protest at being removed from his home by refusing to speak.

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5.6/10 6 votes

Quick facts

Year
1996
Runtime
1h 48m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.6/10
Votes
6
Genre
Drama, Family
Director
Language
NL

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Family 🎬 Ben Sombogaart 👤 Erçan Orhan 👤 Halsho Hussain 👤 Brader Musiki
friendship village rural area childhood kurdistan

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The Boy Who Stopped Talking has a runtime of 1h 48m (1 hour and 48 minutes).
The Boy Who Stopped Talking was directed by Ben Sombogaart and released in 1996.
The Boy Who Stopped Talking is a Drama, Family film (1996).
The cast of The Boy Who Stopped Talking includes Erçan Orhan, Halsho Hussain, Brader Musiki, Husna Killi, Peter Bolhuis.
The Boy Who Stopped Talking has a TMDB rating of 5.6/10 based on 6 votes.

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