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Film-Philosophy Salon <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Did anyone mention Jane Campion's The Piano? Obviously a must include! Elaine - I'm glad someone finally mentioned it! I was beginning to wonder if I'd missed the first response to the initial query. Though not about a mute *woman*, my contribution would be Rolf de Heer's The Quiet Room (1996) in which a 7-year-old girl refuses to speak (on account of her parents' marital breakdown) but provides the voiceover to the film. I also find Henry's question about gender very interesting. Seems there's plenty of examples of non-speaking women (and female children) out there, and not all of whom are deaf-mutes (just mute), so yes, gender becomes highly relevant. If you remove deafness from the equation, do we see as many representations of men who cannot, or will not, speak (who are silent/silenced in cinema?) cheers patricia * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **