| Sommerfuglene | |
| Director: | Christian Boger |
| Starring: | Geraldine Chaplin Sally Newton Jonas Bergström Marit Halset Lars Nordrum Paul Kael Aud Fosse Tor Åge Bringsværd |
| Music: | Paul Kael |
| Cinematography: | István Korda Kovács |
| Editing: | Randi Weum |
| Distributor: | Kommunenes filmcentral |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Country: | Norway |
| Language: | Norwegian |
Sommerfuglene (literally, The Butterflies; English title: Summer of Silence)[1] is a Norwegian film from 1974 directed by Christian Boger.[1] [2] [3] [4]
A young speech therapist arrives at a lonely farm in an mysterious forest to teach a teenage girl to speak after many years of silence. He encounters a strange family, and the summer is full of emotions, confusion, and love hidden in a veil of silence and sounds. Laughter and fun resonate in tragedy. They are surrounded by summer with jealousy, suspicion, and fear, behind closed doors and windows. Occasionally there is a picnic in the forest, or a boat trip on the river, and then sudden departure when summer is over.[5]