Voice from the Stone

Watch: Voice from the Stone

4/28/20171h 31m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Silence is calling ~

Overview:

Verena is a nurse who arrives at an old mansion in Italy to help a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.

Director:

Eric D. Howell

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

italy
playing piano
sculptor
quarry
old mansion
1950s
father son relationship

Cast

Emilia Clarke

~ as ~

Verena

Marton Csokas

~ as ~

Klaus

Caterina Murino

~ as ~

Malvina

Remo Girone

~ as ~

Alessio

Lisa Gastoni

~ as ~

Lilia

Edward Dring

~ as ~

Jakob

Duccio Camerini

~ as ~

Doctor

Nicole Cadeddu

~ as ~

Carlotta

Antonella Britti

~ as ~

Carlotta's Mother

Giampiero Judica

~ as ~

Carlotta's Father

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 8 year(s) ago
6
The transformation!!!

It is a little confusing. I don't think everybody who saw it understood at the first attempt. Otherwise, it would have not received such a low rating. The film failed to give the explanations in an understandable way. Only if you are good enough to figure it out everything by yourself like by observing the characteristic behaviours, dialogues and scenes that including illusion/dreams, then it can be considered a good one. So, comparing to the book it was based on, I don't know if the book complicates its readers the same way.

In the opening, a mother breathes her last before taking an oath from his not to speak a word till she returns. Very unusual scene, because she died by the side of her son and nobody else present, like her husband. Then a new nurse arrives to take care of him. She was confident that she can make him talk again, but later she begins to know more about the place and the people. Unexplainable things happen. Well, the film says it all, but it's hard for us to get the details. Following, a twist comes, then everything back to normal, like nothing ever happened.

All the actors were okay. I particularly watched it for Emilia Clarke. I loved the location, the atmosphere. Not a typical seaside sunny Italian place, but shot at the misty medieval house. In the beginning I thought it was like another version of 'Miracle Worker'. In the midway, I thought of 'Hidden Face'. None were right. But I only got it when I googled about it after the watch and realised there was no dream sequences at all, especially coming to the climax part. All are real, and which is a twist.

Maybe it need to be watched twice, particularly after googling about what part you did not get. So it was like 'Skeleton Key' meets 'Safe Haven'. I don't want to say anything further to spoil your watch if you're yet to see it. Just watch it and make your own opinion whether you liked it or not, but try to understand it first what happens at the end. Now I've changed my rating slightly, yet the film was so old fashioned. If it had came a couple of decades ago, would have considered a best one. There are people who love such film, even today, like maybe the old guys. So it is for the selected people.

5.5/10