IMDb
6.5 /10
101 votes


Drama · Adventure · 2003 · 1h 33min
Le silence de la forêt
A film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rainforest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)
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ARTE France CinémaCentre National du CinémaLes Films Terre AfricaineAvailable in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
IMDb
6.5 /10
101 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
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TMDB
6.3 /10
3 votes
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Weighted average
6.4/10
