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Filmmakers Confront Family Silence and Exile
15 Mar
Summary
- A documentary explores inherited trauma across three generations.
- The film details a granddaughter's return to an abandoned family home.
- Directors Gabriela Pena and Picho García explore love shaped by fear.
The documentary "Where the Silence Is Heard" premieres at CPH:DOX, offering an intimate look at inherited trauma across three generations. Directed by Gabriela Pena and Picho García, the film centers on Pena's return to a house in Chile abandoned during her family's exile.
Pena retraces her family's history, navigating the emotional distance from her mother and the legacy of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. The film explores how love endures when shaped by fear, absence, and decades of silence, aiming to bring peace before the arrival of the next generation.
