Independent Film Media Review
Mental illness is bad enough, but so is the possibility that many will endure the pain by themselves. That said, Dara Sanandaji knows on both counts and has an assurance in his film, Breaking The Silence. “You’re not alone in your suffering. You’re not alone in your confusion, and you’re not alone in your desire to turn things around,” his voice-over opens the award-winning 57 minute documentary. Thus breaking the solitude, he goes a step further. “In short, my friends, this film is for you.” The filmmaker dedicates, and because we can all be touched by the disease, no one else is meant to be left out either.