The Silent War
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8/10/2012Runtime
120 minsOverview
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
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A meticulously crafted Cold War thriller that trades conventional action for psychological tension, using sensory vulnerability as both strength and liability. The film unfolds with deliberate precision, building dread through sound and silence rather than spectacle.
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