Silent Water
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  • Summary: Set in 1979 in Pakistan, when General Zia-ul-Haq took control of the country and stoked the fires of Islamic nationalism, the film focuses on a Muslim woman whose haunted past turns her present life upside down. (First Run Features)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Marta Barber
    75
    But by the time you understand the meaning of its title, Sabiha Sumar's film has delivered an emotional punch.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    Stirring on religious and humanitarian levels, and very timely notwithstanding its 1979 setting.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Has relevance in the world as we now know it.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    Silent Waters is several different movies, and most of them feel negligible and meandering, until the film finally packs a wallop.

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