Cadies Productions Ltd

The Rest Is Silence

The Rest is Silence follows the course of an unidentified body through its progress from discovery to burial.

This film focuses not on the body itself (i.e. not on the actual corpse, nor on the procedural aspects of autopsy, attempts at identification etc.), but on the people around it. The essential silence of the body, the former person for whom all this work is done, forms the core of the film. The characters of the people around it (police officers, morticians, mortuary attendants etc.) are explored in a silence mirroring that of the body, without unnecessary verbal commentary.

Specifically, the film attempts to expose the nature of the silent world through which a body passes on its way to its final resting place.

The Rest Is Silence is Andrew Henderson's directorial debut. It was filmed as part of the Bridging The Gap scheme in June 2005. The film received an industry screening at Edinburgh's Filmhouse Cinema during the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and in November 2005 Andrew was nominated by BAFTA Scotland in the category of best first-time Director.

The Rest Is Silence can be viewed online at the BBC Film Network website. More information about this and Andrew's other work is available at his MySpace® page.

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