THE DAY SILENCE DIED
aka EL DIA QUE MURIO EL SILENCIO

Year: 1998
USA: First Run Features
Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Gustavo Angarita, Elias Serrano, Guillermo Granda, Maria Laura Garcia
Director: Paolo Agazzi
Country: Bolivia
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
USA: 108 mins
USA Release Date: 8 December 2000 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

Handsome entrepreneur Abelardo Rios Claros (Dario Grandinette, star of THE DARK SIDE OF THE HEART) arrives in the sleepy little town of Villaserena, rigs up speakers throughout the village, and begins broadcasting "Radio Nobleza." For a small sum of money, they can now buy the opportunity to express publicly what they couldn't say before. As might be expected, Villaserena's closets are quickly emptied of their skeletons. Old quarrels are revived and secrets are no longer. Abelardo soon discovers Celeste, a beautiful young woman virtually imprisoned behind the walls of her father's house. An amorous relationship soon ensues. Eventually, townspeople begin remembering the old days, when Villaserena was truly worthy of its name.