[Metrograph] The opening got me really hyped about the movie but 1 hour into the film l’m kinda Lost. Okay l admit the complexity and muti layers of dynamic between the Mother Daughter relationships is very sophisticated but overall it just doesn’t touch me that much. The mother actress is fantastic tho.
To me, the "Silence" refers to the vast, encompassing environs - a thick wall surrounding the three, making no room for them to communicate. All three represent the self -- Anna the hedonistic, Esther the Catholic (the guilted, the conscientious), Johan the observant.