Film

Sibel's Silence

2024 · 1h 38m · Drama

August 2014, in Sinjar, northwest Iraq, the Yazidi capital. At 13, Sibel was abducted by ISIS men, in front of her family, who were massacred. Like thousands of women and girls, she was reduced to sexual slavery, tortured, and raped because her tormentors considered her a heretic. Uzerche, a small town in central France. An ophthalmologist in her forties, born in France and of Kurdish origin, Hana could not tolerate the atrocities committed against Yazidi women. Hana managed, for a ransom, to save Sibel from her hell and adopted her. They returned to France, and Hana strived to create a "normal" life for her, full of love and attention. Yet, while accepting this new life, the teenager refused to speak. This raped and tortured body horrified her. What life, now, for this young girl?

Laëtitia Eïdo

Hana

Mélissa Boros

Sibel

Rusen Houssin

La mère

Patrick Azam

Pierre Etienne

Kondwani Fernandes Mores

Abou Rahman

Sadettin Cecen

Claire Gable

Marie-Bénédicte Cazeneuve

• Aly YeganehProducer · Director of Photography · Director · Screenplay
• Mohamed CharbagiExecutive Producer
• Yannick Le GoaecEditor

Release date

May 1, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama