Silent Retreat
Directed by Neil Fennell · Starring Guy Olivieri, Adam Peal, Minna Sugay, Denise Breland · 2026
Two men arrive at a silent Buddhist meditation retreat seeking stillness, but in the enforced quiet an unexpected intimacy begins to surface.
A queer love story told entirely without words, carried by glances, performance and music.
Two men arrive at a silent Buddhist meditation retreat expecting stillness. In the quiet, they begin to reveal who they really are.
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