Speechless
Breaking Glass PicturesIn a remote part of southern China, a mysterious Westerner appears on a riverbank, completely naked. Taken to the local police station and afterwards to the hospital, he refuses to speak. While the doctors soon resign, the hospital's orderly, Jiang, befriends the stranger. When Jiang leans that the Westerner is about to be transferred to a mental asylum, he decides to rescue him and takes him to his uncle's village. There, he accidentally discovers a secret that provides a key to the mysterious stranger's past...
Information
- Director: Simon Chung
- Writer: Simon Chung
- Writer: Lu Yulai
- Length: 1 hrs. 36 mins.
- Rating: NR
- Released: Dec 04 2012
- Production Year: 2012
- TLA SKU: 1768376
Reviews
2 Reviews for Speechless
Write a ReviewReview by Carol Coombes
By: Carol Coombes
In-House Review - Sep 05 2012
In-House Review - Sep 05 2012
A young man of Western European appearance, (known mostly throughout the film as "the foreigner," and played by Pierre-Mathieu Vitali), is found naked on the banks of a river in a small picturesque town in southern China. He's an unusual case for the...
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Review by Spongey
By: Spongey
A naked and mute foreigner is discovered by the police. An investigation begins to discover who the man is, where he came from and why he won't speak. Just as he is about to be hauled off to a mental ward, he is liberated by a kind hospital orderly. ...
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