The Silent Army
2008 · 115 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,225 VOTES · DIR. Jean van de Velde
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 389 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 WHITE LIGHT
00:03:43 It's mahogany. It's durable wood.
00:09:25 Alfred Hellman... doesn't ring a bell.
00:11:19 Here, Van Kalenberg, end of the month.
00:15:20 Stay in the car please, Thomas.
00:20:51 You said that before.
00:23:21 No? Okay.
00:26:25 Some aid organisations in the East focus on child soldiers.
00:28:33 We're nearly there.
00:33:02 Kill him!
00:37:23 Last week two girls fled from the bush.
00:38:46 I have more... drawers full.
00:39:59 Should I introduce you to children whose lips were cut off fir talking too much?
00:44:14 Do you speak Acholi?
00:51:39 ...or machetes.
00:52:48 Eduard...
00:55:52 Okay. We're finished. Thanks.
00:58:02 Daddy is going away for a few days. Stay here with Valerie. Be good.
01:10:20 Show me your hands.
01:15:21 There's water for two days in the backpack...
01:17:04 I tried, but...
01:25:24 Squeeze it in his tea.
01:42:52 I can't kill you, Daddy. I can't.
01:48:56 Children are flexible, just like the investors, financiers and dealers in cluster-bombs, land-mines and light machine guns...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed389
Dialogue density3.4 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:48:56
Production Record
DirectorJean van de Velde
LanguageDutch
Budget$10,000,000
IMDb votes1,225