Taglines: Lives are on the line.
The Listener movie storyline. Directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson as Beth, a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless.
Over the last year, the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting — patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.
The Listener is a 2022 American drama film directed by Steve Buscemi and written by Alessandro Camon. It stars Tessa Thompson in the film’s only on-screen role as a helpline volunteer. The film premiered as the closing film of the Giornate Degli Autori section of the 2022 Venice International Film Festival on September 9, 2022. It also screened in Industry Selects section of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
In February 2024, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film in North America, United Kingdom and Ireland, scheduling it for a day-and-date release in the United States on March 29, 2024.
The Listener (2024)
Directed by: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Margaret Cho, Rebecca Hall, Alia Shawkat, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil, Blu del Barrio, Ricky Velez, Jamie Hector, Casey Wilson, Bobby Soto, Rebecca Hall
Screenplay by: Alessandro Camon
Production Design by: Mboni Maumba
Cinematography by: Anka Malatynska
Film Editing by: Kate Williams
Costume Design by: Bic Owen
Art Direction by: Dominique Generaux
Makeup Department: Kristina Frisch
Music by: Aska Matsumiya
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Vertical Entertainment
Release Date: September 9, 2022 (Venice), March 29, 2024 (United States)
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