11-year-old Isabelle hasn't spoken for months, and, as December begins, the situation is getting desperate. As her parents spiral Around Isabelle's impenetrable silence, she herself emerges, in a fascinating portrait of ...11-year-old Isabelle hasn't spoken for months, and, as December begins, the situation is getting desperate. As her parents spiral Around Isabelle's impenetrable silence, she herself emerges, in a fascinating portrait of an exceptional child, as a bright young girl in need of help yet too terrified to ask for it.