Hear the Silence (2003)
1h 39m
Running Time
December 15, 2003Release Date
Hear the Silence (2003)
1h 39m
Running Time
December 15, 2003Release Date
Plot.
The four-year-old Nicolas Shield leads a brash and peaceful life. An annual unpleasant day has arrived: he has to visit the doctor to get an injection against mumps, measles and rubella. This goes without any problem, because Nicolas - also called Nicky - is a good guy. However, after a few months, Nicolas's behavior begins to change. Mother Christine does everything to get the boy back on the right track. But then comes the dreaded diagnosis: Nicky suffers from autism.
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Cast & Crew.
Juliet Stevenson
Christine Shields
Hugh Bonneville
Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Adie Allen
Dr. Carmel Wakefield
Emma Pike
Emma
Tim Fywell
Director
Todd Boyce
Simonson
Timothy Prager
Writer
Felicity Montagu
Mary Watt
Details.
Wiki.
Hear the Silence is a 2003 semi-fictional TV drama based around the discredited idea of a potential link between the MMR vaccine and autism. By then, a contentious issue, the supposed connection originated in a paper by Andrew Wakefield published in 1998. The film debuted on 15 December 2003 at 9 pm on the British network Five. Produced on a budget of £1 million, it stars Hugh Bonneville as Wakefield and Juliet Stevenson as Christine Shields, a fictional mother who discovers the possible MMR-autism link when her son is diagnosed as autistic.