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  • 2020
  • Giant Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Giant Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, brought to the island to protect her, commits her to a psychiatric hospital. She becomes a full-blown rebel in the hospital; her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life ...

Directed By: Catherine Eaton

Written By: Bryan Delaney, Catherine Eaton

  • 2020
  • Giant Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Giant Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

The Sounding

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, brought to the island to protect her, commits her to a psychiatric hospital. She becomes a full-blown rebel in the hospital; her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life ...

Directed By: Catherine Eaton

Written By: Bryan Delaney, Catherine Eaton

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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83
Oct 22, 2020
Eaton and co-writer Bryan Delaney have crafted their script with skillful precision.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 22, 2020
Rich in its execution and careful in its approach, The Sounding resonates.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 15, 2020
Ms. Eaton’s film can be trying for its messiness, challenging in its allusiveness, or precious in several spasms of ritual jubilation, but it’s never less than fascinating, and often beautiful, a communiqué in code from the far side of silence.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 20, 2020
The Sounding impresses more with its majestic and ageless feel than its vague ideas around the human mind.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 20, 2020
That the film proves intriguing despite its overly familiar themes is a testament to the acting more than the writing. Eaton delivers a compelling, highly physical performance, using her endlessly expressive eyes to communicate her character's complex range of emotions and making us care about Liv despite the contrived plot mechanics.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Rag and Bone Pictures, ADIUVO Productions, Nine Lives Pictures, Tanbark Pictures
Release Date Oct 20, 2020
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Website http://www.thesoundingfilm.com/
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Awards

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Brooklyn Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Brooklyn International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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