A 15-year-old girl yearns to see the ocean, but her disability interferes.…
Silence Please
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Based on an experience of the director, Silence Please follows Dani, a young man from a humble home. He works in a warehouse and wishes things were easier for him and his family. He lives with his mother and brother, Javier, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Javier is working on an internship on the neighborhood library, but a little incident disrupts the family routine.
Citation
Main credits
Villafaina, Carlos (film director)
Villafaina, Carlos (screenwriter)
Díaz, Greta (film producer)
López, David (actor)
Villafaina, Javier (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Andreu Ortoll; editing, Oriol Milán.
Distributor subjects
Disabilities; Family; Sociology; Short Films; Mental Health; Iberian Studies; Catalan StudiesKeywords
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Hello
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Good morning darling
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I overslept
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I'm so late
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Can you change Javier? I'm late
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What about Lorena?
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She must be about to arrive
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Do this for me, please. Then she'll get him to the library
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But... I can't. I'm late too
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You've got Javier's clothes on a chair
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And another thing, there's Lorena's money
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I forgot to pay her last week
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Make sure she gets it
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I made some coffee,
so you two have breakfast, okay?
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Mom I really can't. I... I can't
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I'm late
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Come on Javier
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Come on
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No
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Come on
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The Shirt. Come on. Wait
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Hey, What time do you get in?
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9:30
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So when is Lorena coming?
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Well, she must be about to arrive, so
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you open the door to her, ok?
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Ok, thanks man
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And remember to give her the money
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thanks, love you
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What's all this?
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Your job
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Maybe if you'd come here on time
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You could've done half of it
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Hey
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Start preparing the order
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In two hours we'll have another one
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What’s going on mom? I’m working
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Well, what can I do?
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I have a lot of work too
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Mom, I’m really...
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I’m really busy and I can’t get out
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What about dad?
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Okay, okay, okay, I’m fucking going. I’m going.
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Yes?
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Rafa, Rafa I’m sorry. I had a problem with my brother
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I’ll be here in an hour
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Rafa?
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No, no, listen to me
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I swear I’ll be there in an hour, and...
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...I won’t leave untill I’m done with my work
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Rafa, it’s my brother
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I swear
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I swear. For real. Thank you very much
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Come on. Let's go
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Yes, mom, I’m almost there
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Yes, of course he’s with me
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Yes. Fuck
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Come on
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See you later...
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Rafa. Yeah, I’m almost there
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Yes, Yes, I'm coming
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Okay, thanks. See you later
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What, mom?
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What? But I left him at the door
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What do you mean?
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What happened, Javier?
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I called mom and...
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Yeah, she told me. But what happened?
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They won't let me work
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What do you mean they won't let you work?
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They're idiots
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Idiots
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Hi. Excuse me, I’m Dani...
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I'm sorry
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Don't worry. Tell me
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I’m Dani, Javier’s brother
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There must have been some kind of mistake
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because he told me you won't let him work or something like that
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It's not the wrong day isn't it?
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No, no, no...
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In fact he must have started at 9:30, if I'm not wrong
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Yeah, yeah. So...?
In fact he must have started at 9:30, if I'm not wrong
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Yeah, yeah. So...?
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Well, as he usually comes with Lorena...
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I told him to wait for her outside...
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Well, yeah...The thing is that Lorena can't come today
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That's why I came with him
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Let me check if they didn't warn me about this
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No...
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No, no, no...They didn't inform me
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Well yeah, she told us and that's why....
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I left work and came here...
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But the agreement requires the presence of the assistant
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everyday during working hours,
otherwise he cant do it
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But all he does is organize those books over there?
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Exactly
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Well, I don't think my brother
needs much help to do that...
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But, what if he drops a book for example?
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Or if he has to put any on the upper shelves?
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There must be someone with him all the time
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But if a book falls, you can help him with that, right?
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Well, that's not my job
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What?
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What if he needs to go to the bathroom?
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I can't get up and help him. Nor my coworkers...
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...We all have our jobs
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Yeah, yeah... I see what all this is about... Listen....
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You see, the library and the foundation
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are two different organizations, that's why...
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Please, silence
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Shit
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Listen to me...
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Sandra
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Sandra...
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I understand that you can't take care of Javier
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All I'm asking you is that you let Javier
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organize those books, that in the end...
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is a job that he's doing for free...
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and he doesn't need Lorena to do it
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But he needs someone who takes care of him...
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Me
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I mean, I’ll take care of him
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Wait a minute, let me check the agreement
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Don’t you worry, Javier. It’ll be okay
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Let’s see...
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the agreement says that...
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The assistant must be registered as a freelancer....
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plus...
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he must bring his social assistant certificate that guarantees...
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he received the proper training for this job
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You know, If you bring me these documents...
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I’ll let you do it, no problem at all.
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I can't accompany him so he can work?
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No, according to the agreement....
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I'm freaking out
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I'm... so, you won’t let him work...
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because of a fucking paper?
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Because the only thing...
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First of all, I’ll ask you to lower your voice
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You’re in a library. Okay?
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And then I need you to understand
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that all I’m doing here is my job
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If you bring me the documents I'll let you...
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Yeah, sure. Your job. Sure
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Okay then. Thank you very much
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Rafa work: we won't need you to come anymore
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Hi, mom... I'm...
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I'm working at the library...
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Yes, Dani...
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Dani fixed it all
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He's working at the factory
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See you later. Love you
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Bye
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What do we do now?
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Shall we smoke a joint?
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 17 minutes
Date: 2017
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish
Grade: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
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Closed Captioning: Available
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