Maximón Monihan : 2013
The voice of the voiceless
Olga is seventeen years old. She is deaf. She's leaving home for the USA, she thinks for a better life. As she bids farewell to her family on her way to New York from Central America, Olga thinks that she is going to study at a Christian sign language school. Her family believes in the so-called representatives and has no qualms about entrusting them with their daughter's life. Upon arrival she enters a world of immigrant trafficking, and life is turned upside-down as she's enslaved by a merciless international criminal ring. Forced to sell "I am deaf" trinkets on the subway and subjected to physical and psychological torture, Olga uses courage, cunning, and even humour, to face an unimaginable nightmare-on-loop. Based on a real case broken by the New York Police Department, the film is a dialogue free, fully integrated silent movie, utilising a vibratory, low frequency sound design that places the audience into Olga's headspace, telling the story in her language. Maximón Monihan's feature debut premiered at Mumbai International Film Festival 2013 where it won the Young Critics Jury Award.
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