Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.

Director:

Peter Strickland

Writer:

Peter Strickland

Stars:

Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro

9 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Toby Jones	...	Gilderoy
Tonia Sotiropoulou	...	Elena
Susanna Cappellaro	...	Veronica
Cosimo Fusco	...	Francesco
Suzy Kendall	...	Special Scream Performance
Layla Amir	...	Equestrian Girl
Hilda Péter	...	Auditionee
Chiara D'Anna	...	Elisa
Eugenia Caruso	...	Claudia
Lara Parmiani	...	Chiara
Antonio Mancino	...	Santini
Fatma Mohamed	...	Silvia
Kata Bartsch	...	Screamer
Guido Adorni	...	Giovanni
Katalin Ladik	...	Resurrected Witch

Storyline

A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.

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Plot Keywords:

1970s | actress | chocolate | foley artist | sound recording | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

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Country:

UK

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

14 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Studio ihografiseon Berberian

Filming Locations:

Three Mills Studios, Three Mill Lane, Bow, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warp X, Illuminations Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the very beginning of the film, Elena calls Francesco to announce Gilderoy's arrival at the studio. Although the film is set in Italy, when she picks up the phone a continuous dial tone is heard, which is normal for the US or UK; however, the actual dial tone would have sounded very differently in Italy, a country where the phone system has a very distinctive and non-continuous dial tone (consisting of a 425Hz tone with a duration of 0.6sec followed by a 1 second pause, followed by a 0.2 sec tone then a 0.2 sec pause, repeated in a loop until the first digit is dialed).

User Reviews

Great sound, looks good but terrible story

So I've read the raving reviews, not one bad one to be found, which is odd, as I heard at least 5 people leaving the cinema tonight muttering the words 'what a cr*p film that was'.

I understand it's a take on 1970's horror movies, blah, blah, blah. But imagine if you hadn't seen one?

The sound is amazing, interesting, atmospheric and amusing, (did they really make sound effects like that back then?) but once you realise that's all the film is all about you begin to lose interest. Personally I like a storyline, but isn't one.

As for the last 20 minutes, I have absolutely no idea what that was all about. Being a massive Kubrick fan I'd normally love surreal scenes like this. But it all felt a bit like we've run out of ideas here, lets just add a twist to make it more interesting. Which doesn't work at all.

If you like self indulgent stylized films then you'll love this. I prefer films with emotion that move you. This couldn't move me to the exit quick enough