Film

Nobody Knows I'm Here

Name: Nobody Knows I'm Here
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020
Cast: Jorge Garcia, Millaray Lobos, Luis Gnecco, Alejandro Goic, Gastón Pauls

Drama
Slow-burning

A Chilean man hides his extraordinary voice on a remote farm, trapped between the glittering performer he once was and the isolation he's chosen. Quietly devastating, tender, and strange—a film about the cost of silence and what happens when someone finally hears you. For anyone who's felt too much to say it out loud.

TMDb rating

3.3

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