A Silent Agreement (2017)

A Silent Agreement (2017) Country: Australia Release Year: 2017 Director: Davo Hardy Writer: Davo Hardy Language: English Genre: Drama, Romance Runtime: 133 min Cast: Davo Hardy, Joshua Sealy Paul Mercurio, Sage Godrei Rhonda Rourke, Scott Murphy Studio: Davo Hardy Productions Frederick International Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6427368/

In the first Australian feature film to showcase Auslan (Australian sign language), writer/director Davo Hardy, plays a sensitive writer named Reuben, who grapples with a speech impediment as his profoundly deaf boyfriend Derek (played by Joshua Sealy), provides strategies to restore his confidence. Upon finding the courage to submit an autobiographical screenplay to his favorite actor (played by Paul Mercurio), this new industry mentor betrays Reuben and claims the ideas as his own. Reuben must use his new-found assertion to proactively find catharsis and personal justice.