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A heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.

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Ruben Stone
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Lou
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Joe
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Diane
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Richard Berger
Domenico Toledo ...
Michael
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Jenn
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Shaheem
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Harlan
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The Man
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Pharmacist
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Michael's Father
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Audiologist
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Dr. Paysinger
Elan Sicroff ...
Pianist
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ASL Teacher (as Jeremy Stone)
Ezra Marder ...
ASL Student
Hartmut Teuber ...
Karl
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Hanna
Joe Toledo ...
Toledo
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Jake
Jonathon LeJeune ...
Frank
Sean Powell ...
Surfbort Member
Dani Miller ...
Surfbort Member
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Surfbort Member
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marisa DeFranco ...
Student (uncredited)
Christopher Doig ...
Bouncer (uncredited)
Jamie Ghazarian ...
Concert Goer (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Alan Resnic ...
Lyft Driver (uncredited)
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Scrub Nurse (uncredited)
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Rock Fan (uncredited)
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Concert Goer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Darius Marder

Written by

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Darius Marder ... (screenplay by) &
Abraham Marder ... (screenplay by)
 
Darius Marder ... (story by) &
Derek Cianfrance ... (story by)

Produced by

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Dickey Abedon ... executive producer
Riz Ahmed ... executive producer
Sacha Ben Harroche ... producer (p.g.a.)
Bill Benz ... producer
Kathy Benz ... producer
Derek Cianfrance ... executive producer
Kirt Gunn ... executive producer
Bert Hamelinck ... producer (p.g.a.)
Fredric King ... executive producer
Hannah Reyer ... associate producer: Caviar Films
Michael Sagol ... executive producer (as Michaël Sagol)
Daniel Sbrega ... executive producer
Chris Stinson ... line producer
Dimitri Verbeeck ... line producer: Belgium

Music by

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Nicolas Becker ... (music by)
Abraham Marder ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Daniël Bouquet ... director of photography

Editing by

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Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Editorial Department

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Emily Eddey ... head of post operations
Alex H. Liu ... assistant editor
Mark Nakamine ... colorist: dailies
Olivier Ogneux ... colorist
Jake Sanders ... post-production assistant
Arianna Tomasettig ... additional editor
Jeff Watterson ... post-production coordinator
Kwae Rogers ... Post Executive: Amazon Studios (uncredited)

Casting By

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Susan Shopmaker

Production Design by

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Jeremy Woodward

Art Direction by

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Gert Stas

Set Decoration by

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Tara Pavoni
Ruth Peeters

Costume Design by

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Megan Stark Evans

Makeup Department

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Elizabeth Cecchini ... key hair stylist
Lili Dang-Vu ... makeup artist: Belgium (as Lili Vu-Dang)
Julie LeShane ... makeup department head
Juliet Loveland ... key makeup artist
Claudia Moriel ... additional makeup artist
Rita Salt ... tattoo designer
Stuart Gordon Tribble ... hair department head
Sky van Der Hoek ... assistant makeup artist: Belgium
Anais Wagner ... hair stylist: Belgium
Carolien Wardenier ... assistant hair stylist: Belgium (as Caroline Wardeniers)

Production Management

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Corentin De Saedeleer ... post-production supervisor
Amy Greene ... production manager
Caroline Hemeleers ... production manager: Belgium

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Matthew Vose Campbell ... first assistant director
Ynke Paridaens ... second assistant director
Eddy Stevesyns ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Christopher Analoro ... assistant property master
Shadya H. Ballug ... on set dresser
Risa Uchida Battis ... set dresser
Megan Blake ... graphic designer
Jessica Ginsberg ... props buyer
Joaquin Gonzalez ... set decorator production assistant
Mary-Ling Gregory ... art department assistant
Bradley Groleau ... set dresser
Dan Hutchinson ... swing gang
Kimmie Johnson ... art department coordinator
Michael Mardo ... art department pa
Helen McCarthy ... scenic artist
Christopher Sawtelle ... lead man
Hilary Taillie ... property master

Sound Department

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Md Rezowan Ahmed ... sound mixer
Jaime Baksht ... re-recording mixer
Nicolas Becker ... supervising sound editor
Phillip Bladh ... production sound mixer
Carlos Cortés Navarrete ... re-recording mixer
Michelle Couttolenc ... dialogue editor / re-recording mixer
Héctor de la Vega ... assistant dialogue editor
Jeremy Eisener ... boom operator
Jeremy Emery ... adr recordist
François Goemaere ... additional boom operator
César González Cortés ... dialogue editor
Pietu Korhonen ... foley editor
Heikki Kossi ... foley artist
Hannes Leemans ... boom operator
Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko ... sound designer / sound editor
Yanna Soentjens ... sound recordist
Gary Turnbull ... adr recordist
Kari Vähäkuopus ... foley mixer

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Lee Eigner ... asset management coordinator

Stunts

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Amy Greene ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Rick Beausoleil ... best boy grip
Malachi Bibel ... grip
Giel Born ... electrician
Robert Clark ... still photographer
Richard S. Crumrine Jr. ... a camera first assistant camera
Matt Hedges ... a camera 2nd assistant camera
Jose 'Flecha' Hernandez ... best boy electric
Janneke Hogenboom ... gaffer
B.J. Iwen ... Camera Operator: EPK
Jeffrey King ... Dolly Grip / grip
Olivier Martin ... assistant camera
Bo Molderez ... key grip
Cine Qua Non ... grip rental
Michael Peterson ... gaffer
Alec Roy ... lighting technician
Olivier Servais ... first assistant camera
Coraline Straetmans ... third assistant camera
Tim van Gils ... electrician
Joshua Weilbrenner ... film loader

Casting Department

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Céline De Waele ... Belgium
Emily Fleischer ... casting associate
Lisa Lobel ... location casting
Angela Peri ... location casting
Jodi Purdy-Quinlan ... casting associate / extras casting
Mathias Sourbron ... Belgium
Heather Whitty ... casting associate
Sarah Abdulla ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Margaret Codola ... background set costumer
Bettina Hastie ... costumer
Aimee McCue ... key set costumer
Jill Thibault ... ager/dyer
Catherine Van Bree ... costumer
Connie Widdison ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Jared Acquaviva ... assistant location manager
Case Barden ... location assistant
Jeff Dionne ... location manager
Stephen Hartman ... location manager
Mark Heijen ... location manager
Liesah Jacobs ... location assistant
Jimmy Luc ... location scout
Wim Verstraete ... location scout Belgium

Music Department

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Nicolas Becker ... score producer
Margaret Chardiet ... guitar teacher / vocal teacher
Guy Licata ... drum teacher
Abraham Marder ... score producer
Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko ... music editor (as Carolina Santana)

Transportation Department

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Robin E. Pipeleers ... production driver
Tony Ruiz ... picture car coordinator

Additional Crew

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Trixie Adjie ... production assistant
Eric Olin Anderson ... key production assistant
Shahinez Belkacem ... production assistant
Greg Bernstein ... legal services
Tom Chesover ... sales executive: Protagonist Pictures
Tevya Desiderio ... production secretary
Roger Dillingham Jr. ... set medic
Anne-Lise Fernandez ... director of operations
Fons Feyaerts ... extras coordinator
Joshua Gonzales ... production coordinator
Meghan Guilfoyle ... production assistant
Chip Hamilton ... production assistant
Marwa Hassani ... accountant
Matt Kravitsky ... production assistant
Hilari Scarl ... consultant
Isabelle Stewart ... Head of Acquisitions
Jeremy Stinson ... first assistant accountant
Jeremy Lee Stone ... ASL Coach
Jake Swartz ... production assistant
Kieran Thompson ... production secretary
Todd Williams ... production services
Bill Wingate ... production accountant
Benjamin Zalusky ... basecamp set production assistant

Thanks

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Isabel Miquel Arqués ... thanks
Thomas Bartlett ... thanks
Kate Buckley ... special thanks
Mario Caldato Jr. ... special thanks
Samantha Caldato ... special thanks
Harry Cantwell ... thanks
Sue Carls ... thanks
Kay Cassidy ... thanks
Larry Cassidy ... thanks
Liza Cassidy ... special thanks
Marilyn Cassidy ... thanks
Derek Cianfrance ... very special thanks
Misha Collins ... special thanks
Kim Dellara ... thanks
Yann Demange ... thanks
David Fearn ... thanks
Peter Flinckenberg ... special thanks
John Garvey ... special thanks
Evelyn Glennie ... thanks
Dan Hendrix ... thanks
Patrick Howson ... thanks
Anne Hubbell ... thanks
Avtar Khalsa ... thanks
Christine Sun Kim ... thanks
Eve Kornblum ... special thanks
Ben Kramer ... thanks
David Kurs ... thanks
Ben LeClair ... very special thanks (as Ben Leclair)
Guy Licata ... thanks
Edgar Livengood ... thanks
Abe Loomis ... thanks
Robert Maloney ... thanks
Asa Marder ... thanks
Dorothy Marder ... dedicatee
Efrem Marder ... thanks
Elissa Marder ... thanks
Eve Marder ... thanks
Ezra Marder ... thanks
Lauri Marder ... thanks
Alex Mebed ... thanks
Margaret Monteith ... thanks
Tanya Moser ... thanks
Warby Parker ... thanks
Sean Powell ... thanks
Ben Pugh ... thanks
Madeline Samit ... thanks
Greg Slewett ... thanks
St. Vincent ... thanks (as Annie Clark)
Jim Tozzi ... thanks
Gazelle Amber Valentine ... thanks
Josh Varney ... special thanks
Molly Wansell ... thanks
Isaiya Wiess ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Keeping at bay his inner demons by devoting himself to art, metal drummer, Ruben, has been living for the moment for the past four years. Then, while on tour with his lead-singer/girlfriend, Lou, Ruben realises that his hearing is rapidly deteriorating. As this sudden hearing loss turns his world upside down, and numbing fear paired with angry denial take over, Ruben reluctantly accepts to join a small deaf community overseen by Joe, a compassionate Vietnam War veteran. Now, Ruben needs to find some solid ground, understand that being deaf is not a handicap and that deafness isn't something to fix. But, is Ruben willing to accept his new life and learn how to be deaf? Written by Nick Riganas

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Taglines Music was his world. Then silence revealed a new one. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 金属之声 (China, Mandarin title)
  • El sonido del metal (Argentina)
  • A metál csendje
  • サウンド・オブ・メタル 〜聞こえるということ〜 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Le Son du Silence (Canada, French title)
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Runtime
  • 120 min
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Budget $5,400,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia While Paul Raci (who plays Joe, the founder of the deaf rehab facility) isn't actually deaf, both his parents were. He is a prominent figure in the deaf community as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and a member of Hands of Doom, a band that performs in ASL. See more »
Goofs The doctor early on in the film states that cochlear implants are not covered by insurance. This is not true. Most insurances, Medicare and almost all states' Medicaid plans cover them. Also the rehab and programming ("mapping") of the implants takes several months and many visits with the implant team. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Best Movies of 2020 (2020). See more »
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Quotes Ruben Stone: Like, what does it matter? What does it matter? It just passes. Yo. If I disappear, like, who cares? Nobody cares, man. Seriously. Yo, and that's okay. That's life. That's life. No, for real. Okay? It just passes. It just fucking... fucking passes.
Joe: I wonder, uh, all these mornings you've been sitting in my study, sitting, have you had any moments of stillness? Because you're right, Ruben. The world does keep moving, and it can be a damn cruel place. But for me, those moments of stillness, that place, that's the kingdom of God.
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