Silence: God in the Silence (1 Kings 19:11-13)
In Silence, Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan face persecution and apostasy. Father Rodrigues begs God to speak—and hears nothing. Or so he thinks. In the film's climax, Christ's voice finally comes, quietly, in his moment of greatest failure. After the fire came a gentle whisper.
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