Silent Life
1986, English. Directed by Bill Viola.
Silent Life records the first hours and days of life through a series of portraits of newborn babies in a hospital nursery. The alienating hospital environment, and the vulnerability of the babies' gestures and expressions, suggests a primal linking of birth and death.
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- 0h 13m
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- English
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Silent Life runs 13 minutes (0h 13m).
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Which OTT platform is Silent Life on?
Silent Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 April 1986. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Silent Life?
If you liked Silent Life, try The Life of Chuck, The Chaplin Revue, Sometimes I Think About Dying.
Who directed Silent Life?
Silent Life (1986) was directed by Bill Viola.