One of the most original debut films in recent memory, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's The Tribe is a gang drama set in a boarding school for the deaf. It features a non-professional cast of deaf and mute actors who are not given names, and is performed entirely in Ukrainian sign language without subtitles. Based on Slaboshpytskiy's experience as a crime reporter and on stories of Ukraine's "deaf Mafia," it's less a social portrait than an experiment in shaking up the balance of our senses: A tale of no sound, just fury.
The Globe and Mail: The Tribe – no sound, just fury brings unsettling life to Ukraine’s ‘deaf mafia’
\u201cThe Tribe\u201d features a graphic teenage sex scene that takes place in a basement.
