The Sounding

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The Sounding
Sounding.jpg
Film poster
Directed byCatherine Eaton
Screenplay byCatherine Eaton
Bryan Delaney
Produced byCaitlin Gold
Jessica Vale
Bryan Delaney
Catherine Eaton
Aliki Paraschis
Veronique Huyghebaert
StarringCatherine Eaton
CinematographyDavid Kruta
Edited byMarco Perez
Music bySiddhartha Khosla
Production
companies
Rag and Bone Pictures
Tanbark Pictures
Distributed byGiant Pictures
Release dates
  • March 2017 (2017-03)(Cinequest) [1]
  • October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sounding is a 2017 American mystery drama film directed by and starring Catherine Eaton. [2] It is Eaton's feature directorial debut. [3] The film premiered at the 2017 Cinequest Film Festival. [4]

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Cast

Release

The film was released via VOD on October 20, 2020. [5]

Reception

The film has a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [6] Tomris Laffly of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. [7] Kate Erbland of IndieWire graded the film a B. [8]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The Sounding might have worked better as a theater piece — which is how it began — than as a film, where its excessive quirkiness feels all the more glaring." [9]

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References

  1. "Cinequest Kicks Off Two Weeks of Film, Awards & VR". Dig In Mag. March 1, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. Kenyon, Sandy (7 December 2020). "Pandemic movie shutdown creates space for indie film 'The Sounding'". WABC-TV . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. TV News Desk (25 September 2020). "Catherine Eaton's THE SOUNDING Opens Oct. 20th". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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