Immigrants move into America with the hope that they’re now in a safe country. Historically, this nation has provided for millions of people who didn’t even belong to their homeland. Such was the story for Nina, who escaped from Belarus to start a new life. Directors Karyna Kudzina and Michael Vaynberg’s Silence of the Prey takes us to the countryside, where a mysterious old man inflicts a lifetime of terror on Nina and Isabella.

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Mary is a member of an unnamed charity that helps immigrants get jobs in the States before they can save enough money to live on their own. While protesting against the Russo-Ukrainian War, Nina faced imprisonment in her homeland of Belarus. She and her daughter Isabella fled from Belarus to reach America, where they met Mary. Mary takes Nina to New Plymouth to work as a...