Screen Media has acquired North American rights to The Sonata (read our review), starring Hobo with a Shotgun‘s Rutger Hauer, “Hemlock Groves’” Freya Tingley, and Simon Abkarian, Bloody Disgusting learned.
The film, directed by Andrew Desmond, centers on a young violinist who “unravels her long-lost father’s past, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.” I’ve been lucky enough to see The Sonata and think Bloody readers are going to love it. It’ll be released on VOD and in limited theaters in early 2020.
The announcement was made on the heels of its North American premieres at Film at Lincoln Center’s “Scary Movies” summer series and at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival. The Sonata also played in competition at Fantasporto for Best European Feature at the Brussel International Fantastic Film Festival. It premiered in Korea official selection at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and in the UK at London Frightfest this August. The feature will play next in the US at FilmQuest Festival official competition with 10 awards nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Cinematography and Best Actress.
Set in London and France, The Sonata centers on young virtuoso violinist Rose (Tingley). After the death of her estranged but famous composer father (Hauer), Rose inherits the old mansion in which he lived. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles (Abkarian), her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little, starts to unlock secrets concerning her father’s past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a plan imagined on the day she was born.
