Speechless

Three stroke survivors struggle to regain their life after the loss of communication skills. Through their story we witness a quest for happiness and the real meaning of human communication.

  • Guillermo F. Florez
    Director
    Zindabad!
  • Guillermo F. Florez
    Producer
    Zindabad!
  • Ariadna Seuba Serra
    Producer
  • Neal Weisman
    Executive Producer
    True Stories, Let's Talk About Sex
  • Guillermo F. Flórez
    Camera, Sound & Editing
    Zindabad!
  • Amitabh Joshi
    Additional Camera
    Tashi's Turbine, Stranded by the Moon
  • Ariadna Seuba Serra
    Additional Camera
  • Erik Spink
    Additional Sound
    Tashi's Turbine, Stranded by the Moon
  • Todd McGrain
    Additional Sound
    The Lost Bird Project
  • Ariadna Seuba Serra
    Additional Sound
  • Shihui Ye
    Additional Sound
  • Mike Nuget
    Colorist
    Fahrenheit 9/11
  • Randy Matuszewski
    Re-recording Mixer
    True Detective, Muscle Shoals,
  • Gonzalo Zumalacárregui
    Design
  • Jordi Navarro
    Design
  • Sara González Sola
    Design
  • Miloš Vacík and Sluneční orchestr
    Music
  • Bobby McFerrin
    Music
    Don't Worry Be Happy, Wall-E
  • Kenneth Louis
    Music
  • Thiago Tiberio
    Music
    Air: The True Memoirs of Gil C. Alicea
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature, Student
  • Runtime:
    56 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 20, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    121,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Guillermo F. Florez

Founder of Studiobaba productions (www.studiobaba.eu), an independent production company established in Spain, France and India.

In 2009 Guillermo is awarded with the Ruy the Clavijo Fellowship by Casa Asia Barcelona to produce a film in India, and in 2012 he receives the La Caixa Foundation Fellowship (Spain) to pursue a master in documentary filmmaking in the U.S. (School of Visual Arts). He is currently based in New York City, where he directs documentaries and works as freelancer for other productions in the U.S., Latinamerica, Africa and Europe.

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Director Statement

Aphasia is a brain injury that affects language and communication, and is most commonly due to a stroke. It is suffered by 1 million people in the U.S., although only few people have ever heard of it.

This is not only a film about aphasia, but a story about human relationships and about the social consequences of the loss of communication. I have arrived to the conclusion that cinema is the best artistic expression to picture the lack of words, because it opens a new landscape of possibilities that have not been explored.

It may not be clear if the main characters win or loose in their own struggle against the lack of words, if they have been able or not to regain their previous lives, but it's in their fighting when they find their dignity -and we find our best portrait.