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Director Yeo Siew Hua Adapts 'Silence Once Begun'
19 May
Summary
- Yeo Siew Hua will adapt Jesse Ball's novel 'Silence Once Begun'.
- The film is planned as an international co-production.
- Production is scheduled to begin in 2028.
Director Yeo Siew Hua will adapt Jesse Ball's novel "Silence Once Begun" as his next feature film project. Announced at the Cannes Film Market by Akanga Film Asia, the film is being developed as a large-scale international co-production.
This co-production framework will span Singapore, Japan, and include partners from across Asia and Europe. Production for the film is scheduled to begin in 2028. Yeo is currently working on the adaptation of the novel.
The novel is set in Japan and follows a journalist whose wife suddenly falls silent. His investigation leads him to Oda Sotatsu, a man who has admitted to multiple disappearances but remains silent after his arrest. Facing the death penalty, Sotatsu refuses to speak, while those around him offer accounts.
Director Yeo expressed his attraction to the story's exploration of silence and commitment in a noisy world, finding the novel "profound and mysterious." Author Jesse Ball described the tale as a "bleak tale, but it is one of love, and, I think, of hope," noting its continued timeliness.
