The Music of Silence

The Music of Silence
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by Michael Radford
Produced by
Written by
  • Anna Pavignan
  • Michael Radford
Starring
Music by Gabriele Roberto
Cinematography Stefano Falivene
Edited by Roberto Missiroli
Production
companies
Picomedi
Distributed by AMBI Group
Release date
  • 6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) (France)
  • 10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) (Italy)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country Italy
Language English, Italian
Box office $117,646[1]

The Music of Silence (Italian: La musica del silenzio) is a 2017 Italian biographical film directed by Michael Radford, based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by the tenor Andrea Bocelli and freely inspired by his childhood life until the beginning of his great career. Bocelli is played by Toby Sebastian with the alter ego of Amos Bardi. The Italian tenor physically appears in a scene of the film and his presence accompanies the entire film in the form of a first-person narrative.

Plot

Born with an eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Andrea Bocelli pursues his ambition and becomes a popular singer and songwriter.

Cast

Reception

Box office

As of 19 July 2018, The Music of Silence has grossed $117,646 worldwide.[1]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0%, based on 14 reviews, and an average rating of 4.5/10.[2] On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "La Musica del Silenzio (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Music of Silence (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Music of Silence Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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