A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
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Peter StricklandWriter:
Peter Strickland
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Toby Jones | ... | Gilderoy | |
| Cosimo Fusco | ... | Francesco Coraggio | |
| Antonio Mancino | ... | Giancarlo Santini | |
| Fatma Mohamed | ... | Silvia as Teresa | |
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Salvatore LI Causi | ... | Fabio (as Salvatore Li Causi) |
| Chiara D'Anna | ... | Elisa as Teresa | |
| Tonia Sotiropoulou | ... | Elena | |
| Eugenia Caruso | ... | Claudia as Monica / Screamer | |
| Susanna Cappellaro | ... | Veronica as Accused Witch | |
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Guido Adorni | ... | Lorenzo |
| Lara Parmiani | ... | Chiara as Signora Collatina | |
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Jozef Cseres | ... | Massimo |
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Pal Toth | ... | Massimo (as Pál Tóth) |
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Katalin Ladik | ... | Resurrected Witch |
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Jean-Michael van Schouwburg | ... | The Goblin (as Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg) |
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A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
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foley artist | sound recordist | sound recording | movie studio | casting couch |Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
31 August 2012 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Berberian Sound Studio: La inquisición del sonido See more »Filming Locations:
Three Mills Studios, Three Mill Lane, Bow, London, England, UKCompany Credits
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Trivia
The title of the fictional studio refers to Cathy Berberian, the US soprano who married Luciano Berio, a pioneer of electronic music and a key influence on Strickland's film. See more »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). See more »Quotes
Giancarlo Santini: Gilderoy, this is going to be a fantastic film. Brutal and honest. Nobody has seen this horror before.See more »
Crazy Credits
The opening credits are actually put together of those from The Equestrian Vortex, the fictional horror flick that's going to be post-dubbed in the movie, with fast-cut animations, medieval depictions of hell, demons, naves, animal skeletons and tortured female faces, mostly red and black colored. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film is a pleasant homage to Italian giallo and to the under-recognized art of sound editing. A bit like Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani's "Amer" did, but in a more conventional, more "easy watching" way.
It begins as an amusing comedy with a cast of characters gently mocking the 70's Italian machismo. The very exciting central concept of the film is to deal with graphical horror without showing any real violence on the screen. This counter-fashion idea clearly marks its distance from the recent escalation in the graphic horror genre cinema, which I find honorable.
The imagination of the spectator is highly put to use compared to these days' standards. A truly outstanding atmosphere is obtained thanks to a really terrific sound editing. The atmosphere moves from light fun to disturbing fantasy with elegance.
But near the end, the story lost me. I eventually didn't understand where the film wanted take me. For that disappointing feeling, I don't rate it very high, but this movie is definitely a good piece of artwork and is more interesting than most of what is to be seen nowadays.