The Silence is an Australian television film that first aired on ABC on 2 April 2006.
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Synopsis
After being traumatised by a fatal shooting, Detective Richard Treloar is relegated to curating a police photographic exhibition at the Police Museum. He becomes obsessed by images of a murder victim and makes connections between a series of murder mysteries. When one of the leads is killed, the case is reopened and he becomes the prime suspect, as his life begins to unravel.
Cast
Richard Roxburgh as Richard Treloar
Essie Davis as Juliet Moore
Alice McConnell as Helen Wilson
Emily Barclay as Evelyn Hutchison
Damian De Montemas as Michael Hanlon
Tony Barry as Dennis Riordan
Joel Tobeck as Ross Moss
Firass Dirani as Anthony Vassalio
Ella Scott Lynch as Lilya
Billie Rose Prichard as Surry Hill Girl
Reception
Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 50%, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10.
Awards
The Silence won the Australian Screen Sound Guild Award for Best Achievement in Sound for a Tele-Feature or Mini-Series.
It was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series, Best Lead Actor in Television Drama for Richard Roxburgh and Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama for Emily Barclay.
It was also nominated at the 2007 Logie Awards for Silver Logie in Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie. Richard Roxburgh was nominated for Most Outstanding Actor and Emily Barclay was nominated for Most Outstanding New Talent.