The Silent Army

2008 · 115 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,225 VOTES · DIR. Jean van de Velde

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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.

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Dialogue Timeline — 389 lines

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00:00:18 WHITE LIGHT
00:04:00 Daddy, you're the best!
00:09:30 Pierre van Steenhoven? Mr Hellman uses several aliases.
00:11:23 A party for 20.
00:15:52 Asshole!
00:21:02 Daddy... - Not right now, Thomas.
00:23:27 Have you seen Thomas? Not with you?
00:26:59 It's called African Child Rescue.
00:28:50 What if it doesn't work? - It will, come on.
00:34:50 Daddy has to pay some money.
00:37:31 When was he taken? - More than two weeks ago.
00:38:57 ...it wouldn't help.
00:40:10 I know Obeke.
00:48:30 Quiet!
00:51:47 If they manage to escape and reach us...
00:52:51 I have a surprise...
00:56:21 Does a doctor know his patients, crimes?
00:59:28 Valerie, can we play soccer again? - Sure.
01:10:33 Get out of here!
01:15:32 Thank you.
01:17:16 I see you everywhere.
01:30:18 Officer Lion, take our guest to Nagitu.
01:43:06 I'II close my eyes...

Cast & Characters

Marco Borsato Eduard Zuiderwijk Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga Michel Obeke Thekla Reuten Valerie Andrew Kintu Abu Siebe Schoneveld Thomas Zuiderwijk Peter Van den Begin François Lama Ricky Koole Anna Zuiderwijk Adrian Galley Ruud van Kalenberg Jacqueline Blom Agnes van Dam Frederick Mpuuga Rebel commander

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed389
Dialogue density3.4 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line01:43:06

Production Record

DirectorJean van de Velde
LanguageDutch
Budget$10,000,000
IMDb votes1,225