In one moment, veteran character actor James Faulkner tells Abkarian’s character that if the notes of the sonata are played at exactly the right pitch, it could conjure and seduce the antichrist. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.įrom the trailer, we can glean a bit more than that. Here’s an official synopsis from Screen Media Films:Ī gifted musician (Freya Tingley) inherits a mansion after her long lost father (Rutger Hauer) dies under mysterious circumstances. The movie stars Freya Tingley ( Once Upon a Time), Simon Abkarian ( Casino Royale) as her agent and manager, and the late Rutger Hauer in one of his final film roles. And those are the elements that sell it best. Desmond also co-wrote the script with Arthur Morin.įilmed mostly in Latvia, the production design and the work of cinematographer Janis Eglitis are on display in every frame of the trailer. It appears to value mood and tone over jump scares-a mature choice from director Andrew Desmond, who makes his feature debut with the film. A tale of music, madness, and the supernatural, the film’s trailer has the sort of Gothic gloom you don’t see in enough genre flicks. But if that's a dumb reading of the movie, its just doesn't hold up anyway.If you’re looking for an eerie ghost story to kick off your 2020 with, The Sonata looks like a solid candidate. Like a message of how men just reppress those emotions and results in anger against women, explaining misogyny (or whatever). I felt that a good theme of the movie was how men deal with painful emotions by just abusing women and taking advantage in the more emotional female to let them charge with all the guilt in a given situation of shared guilt (like in this case). Its like it touches so many dark human emotions that it ends in kind of a contradiction. But what Im not so sure is: What's the point of all this? The themes (self hatred, deppression, guilt) are all there, but I feel they lose coherence. The themes (self hatred, deppression, I admit the movie is great at making you feel bad, deppressed (and oppressed) with imagery and visuals, incredible acting from both leads, and graphic and painful scenes. So that's great.īut what Im not so sure is: What's the point of all this? I admit the movie is great at making you feel bad, deppressed (and oppressed) with imagery and visuals, incredible acting from both leads, and graphic and painful scenes. If intellect is your thing, this is for you.

If you're looking for a film for sexual or violent gratification don't bother with this. The acting is incredible from both characters. Although graphic in it's adult content, it's not really a film for entertainment, it's deeply thought provoking, shocking and artistic in the most absurd way. I defy anyone not to be moved by the opening images, however, I also think you need to understand depression, anxiety and panic attacks, even have personal experience, to fully appreciate what this film is all about. The first few scenes, in extra slow motion, are incredibly powerful. Yes, there are gruesome images and scenes of a sexual nature but in my opinion it is all within the context of the story. I defy I'm not a film person and generally can't sit through them but this one is the exception. I'm not a film person and generally can't sit through them but this one is the exception.

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