Identities(1991)
Identities attempts to describe the importance of silence in communication, of those moments when someone is making up or remembering what he is going to say. A silence that compels us to question the maxim "silence is death".
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Identities attempts to describe the importance of silence in communication, of those moments when someone is making up or remembering what he is going to say. A silence that compels us to question the maxim "silence is death".
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1991-01-01
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