The Silent Army

Name: The Silent Army
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 2008-12-11
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Ricky Koole, Thekla Reuten, Peter van den Begin, Marco Borsato, Jacqueline Blom

A Father. A Missing Child. A Mission.

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Release Date

12/11/2008

Runtime

115 mins

Genres

Thriller Drama

Overview

Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son's best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a rebel leader to be trained as a child soldier, Eduard goes in pursuit to save the boy and regain his son's respect.

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

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A father grieving his wife's death takes on a dangerous mission into the African bush to rescue a child soldier and rebuild his fractured relationship with his own son. Raw and urgent, it balances intimate family struggle with the harrowing realities of armed conflict.