The Boy Who Stopped Talking

1996 film
  • Erçan Orhan
  • Halsho Hussain
  • Rick van Gastel
CinematographyPiotr KuklaEdited byHerman P. KoetsMusic byNizamettin Ariç
Production
company
Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions
Distributed byHungry Eye Pictures
Release date
  • 10 October 1996 (1996-10-10)
Running time
108 minutesCountryNetherlandsLanguagesDutch, Kurdish

The Boy Who Stopped Talking (Dutch: De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte) is a 1996 Dutch film directed by Ben Sombogaart.

Plot

Memo is a 9-year-old Kurdish boy. He lives in Eastern Turkey together with his little sister and mother. He is very happy there. His father works in the Netherlands. In the area where Memo lives, war is on the horizon. His father decides to bring his family to the Netherlands. Memo doesn't want to, but nobody asked him anything. From then on, he decides not to talk anymore.

Cast

  • Erçan Orhan, Mohammed Akkus (Memo)
  • Halsho Hussain as Mustafa
  • Brader Musiki as Hüsnü Akkus
  • Husna Killi as Fatma Akkus
  • Louis Ates as Jeroen Ligthart
  • Rick van Gastel as Thomas
  • Heleen Hummelen as Inge Smeets
  • Peter Bolhuis as Vader Jeroen
  • Han Kerckhoffs as Chauffeur school bus
  • Shielan Muhammad as Rojda
  • Han Oldigs as Arts
  • Lava Sulayman as Zin Akkus
  • Cecil Toksöz as Kemal Mecan
  • Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh as Politieagent
  • De Jongen Die niet meer Praatte at IMDb
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