Overview
Sommerfuglene (literally, The Butterflies; English title: Summer of Silence) is a Norwegian film from 1974 directed by Christian Boger.
Plot
A young speech therapist arrives at a lonely farm in an mysterious forest to teach a teenage girl to speak after many years of silence. He encounters a strange family, and the summer is full of emotions, confusion, and love hidden in a veil of silence and sounds. Laughter and fun resonate in tragedy. They are surrounded by summer with jealousy, suspicion, and fear, behind closed doors and windows. Occasionally there is a picnic in the forest, or a boat trip on the river, and then sudden departure when summer is over.
Cast
Geraldine Chaplin as Anne Zimmler
Sally Newton as Sally Zimmler
Jonas Bergström as Jonas Voight
Marit Halset as Mrs. Zimmler
Lars Nordrum as Mr. Zimmler
Paul Kael as Carl
Aud Fosse as Mrs. Voight
Tor Åge Bringsværd as a railway employee
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