The Music of Silence

The Music of Silence () is a 2017 Italian biographical film directed by Michael Radford, based on the 1999 novel of the same name written by the tenor Andrea Bocelli and freely inspired by his childhood life until the beginning of his great career. Bocelli is played by Toby Sebastian with the alter ego of Amos Bardi. The Italian tenor physically appears in a scene of the film and his presence accompanies the entire film in the form of a first-person narrative.
Plot.
Born with an eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Andrea Bocelli pursues his ambition and becomes a popular singer and songwriter.
Reception.
Box office.
, "The Music of Silence" has grossed $117,646 worldwide.
Critical response.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0%, based on 17 reviews, and an average rating of 4.5/10. On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".