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Nocturne movie storyline. Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney and Annabelle Comes Home‘s Madison Iseman have landed the lead roles in the supernatural thriller about an incredibly gifted pianist who makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians. Also aboard are Jacques Colimon (Netflix’s The Society) and Ivan Shaw (Hulu’s Casual and Suits spinoff Pearson).
Nocturne is a 2020 American supernatural horror drama film written and directed by Zu Quirke. The film stars Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon and Ivan Shaw. Jason Blum serves as a producer under his Blumhouse Television banner.
The film was released on October 13, 2020, by Amazon Studios as the fourth installment in the anthological Welcome to the Blumhouse film series. alongside Evil Eye, as one of the first four films in the 8 film anthology Welcome to the Blumhouse.
About the Story
A girl is playing the violin, until a grandfather clock chimes, and she jumps off the balcony. Juliet and Vivian Lowe are twin sisters attending their last year at Lindberg Academy, a prestigious boarding school for the performing arts. Both sisters are classical pianists; however, Vivian, a prodigy, has already been accepted to Juilliard while Juliet, overshadowed by her sister, has decided to take a gap year.
Another student, Moira, dies by suicide, as seen earlier. The staff announce that Moira will be replaced at the senior school showcase and auditions will be held to see who will play in her place. Juliet discovers Moira’s theory notebook, having fallen off a shelf. Both sisters decide to audition, but at the last minute, Juliet decides to audition using the same piece as Vivian, Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2.
After finishing practicing, Juliet hears violin music from Moira’s room that stops as soon as she enters, and finds a sun symbol etched into the wall behind a curtain, that matches the one on the notebook. She decides to play an untitled piece from the notebook, but is interrupted by Dr. Cask who tells the name of the piece, The Devil’s Trill by Giuseppe Tartini, and confronts her about not telling Vivian that she changed her audition piece.
While auditioning, she enters a dreamscape and sees herself at the showcase receiving roses and wakes up, realizing she fainted during her audition. Her relationship with Vivian is strained and, in class, when looking at the first image of the notebook, she notices the three balls in the hand, corresponding with the tablets she took. She is crushed when she learns that Vivian landed the showcase.
Juliet fights with her mentor Roger, accusing him of underestimating her. The fight results in Roger slapping her and being suspended. Juliet uses the opportunity to be assigned to the prestigious Dr. Cask, who is also mentoring her sister, and later, finds bloody tampons in her shelf. She confronts Vivian, the latter only telling her that they’re now “even”. When Dr. Cask asks her reason for changing her piece, Juliet admits to only wanting to beat Vivian, upon which, Dr. Cask tells Juliet she is Vivian’s equal in technique but lacks her passion.
Nocturne (2020)
Directed by: Zu Quirke
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw, Julie Benz, Rodney To, JoNell Kennedy, Brandon Keener, Ji Eun Hwang, Miles McKenna, Stephon Fuller, Asia Jackson
Screenplay by: Zu Quirke
Production Design by: Cecil Gentry
Cinematography by: Carmen Cabana
Film Editing by: Andrew Drazek
Costume Design by: Elle León Nostas
Set Decoration by: Corey Stram
Art Direction by: Richard Berentsen
Music by: Gazelle Twin
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Release Date: October 13, 2020
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