BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
synopsis
Gilderoy, a naïve sound engineer from Dorking, England, loses his grip on reality as he takes a job on an Italian horror film in the 1970s. As actresses overdub one ear-shredding scream after another, and as knives and machetes repeatedly hack away at innocent vegetables during effects recordings, he has to confront his own demons in order to stay afloat in an environment ruled by exploitation both on and off the screen.
original title: | Berberian Sound Studio |
country: | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Peter Strickland |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | IE 31/08/2012, UK 31/08/2012, FR 03/04/2013 |
screenplay: | Peter Strickland |
cast: | Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro, Cosimo Fusco |
cinematography by: | Nic Knowland |
film editing: | Chris Dickens |
art director: | Jennifer Kernke |
costumes designer: | Julian Day |
producer: | Keith Griffiths, Mary Burke |
co-producer: | Hans Geissendoerfer |
production: | Illuminations Films, Warp Films, Geissendoerfer Film & Fernsehproduktion KG, The Match Factory Productions |
backing: | UK Film Council, Screen Yorkshire |
distributor: | Curzon Artificial Eye, La Aventura |