Movies and TvShows featuring "refusing-to-talk" theme.

Brokedown Palace is a drama, mystery, and thriller movie released in 1999. The story revolves around two American high school graduates, Alice and Darlene, who go on a vacation to Bangkok, Thailand. During their trip, they are framed for drug trafficking and end up in a Thai prison. With the help of an inexperienced American lawyer and a sympathetic fellow inmate, they must fight against the corrupt Thai government and prove their innocence.

Fun Size follows Wren, a teenage girl whose Halloween plans go awry when she loses her brother on a night of adventure and misadventure in her hometown.

A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher struggles to bring her back, whilst at the same time himself questioning the world of reality. The worlds of fantasy and reality clash with tragic consequences.

A Week's Vacation is a drama film set in 1980s Lyon, France. The storyline follows a depressed woman who decides to take a week off from her life to confront her fears and reevaluate her relationships. Throughout the movie, themes of fear of commitment, dysfunctional couple dynamics, and incommunicability are explored. The protagonist's self-reflection and self-confidence journey are also depicted. The story delves into the parent-teacher relationship, as the woman interacts with a high school student, which leads to a teacher-student relationship. The movie sheds light on mental depression in the high school setting, offering insights into the challenges faced by both students and teachers.

Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.

In 'The Sugar Factory,' a teenage girl in Sydney, Australia copes with the trauma of her sister's death by refusing to speak. When she is sent to a halfway house, she forms a bond with a mute boy and together they navigate their troubled pasts. As they embark on a series of adventures, they learn valuable lessons about love, loss, and healing.