Athens International Film Festival
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The Sound of Silence

Peter has the most unusual job. He is a house tuner. He specialises in the calibration of household sound, so as to adjust the residents’ mood. No one can match his skills until the day he has trouble solving a client’s problem, someone he may have fallen in love with. Atmospheric, unusual, oddly addictive and an indeterminately charming character study analysing the mysteries of the human psyche undetected by any scientific tool. With a seductive Peter Sarsgaard in the starring role.


USA | 2019 | COLOR | DCP | 87' | ENGLISH

The Devil hides in the details but as it turns out Heaven could be other people. It could be an interpretation of Michael Tyburski’s cryptic debut, which does what good cinema does: introducing a constantly original angle -and sound- of the urban world. Peter (an exquisite Peter Sarsgaard) is a ‘house coordinator’, the (unusual) person you call in order to find cacophonies, tones and chords of the house that get to your nervous system and your psychology. Helen (a confident Rashinda Jones) is such a ‘patient’. They get to know each other: the hermetic seeker of the predefined meaning and the traumatized woman who sees life as a series of personal choices.

Cryptic cinema, with an imaginative central idea and silences that make up a consistent, beneficial romance. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Michael Tyburski
SCREENWRITERS: Ben Nabors, Michael Tyburski
DoP: Eric Lin
MUSIC: Will Bates
EDITOR: Matthew C. Hart
PRINCIPAL CAST: Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori, Austin Pendleton

MICHAEL TYBURSKI 
American director and screenwriter. He lives in New York. This is his film debut and was presented at Sundance. He has done two short films previously, one of which, ‘Palimpsest’ (2013) won the Special Jury Award at Sundance.

FILMOGRAPHY
2019 The Sound of Silence



        : Festival Darlings

        Parasite (Opening Film)

        Parasite (Opening Film)

        19/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        Adults in the Room (Closing Film)

        Adults in the Room (Closing Film)

        28/09/19, 19:00, Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall

        Adoration

        Adoration

        19/09/19, 20:30, IDEAL
        23/09/19, 21:15, DANAOS 2

        Divine Love

        Divine Love

        20/09/19, 22:15, DANAOS 1
        27/09/19, 22:00, ASTOR

        Light of my Life

        Light of my Life

        20/09/19, 22:30, IDEAL

        Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

        Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

        21/09/19, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        Piranhas

        Piranhas

        21/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        Synonyms

        Synonyms

        22/09/19, 19:00, ASTOR
        23/09/19, 22:00, ASTOR

        Family Romance, LLC

        Family Romance, LLC

        22/09/19, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        Marighella

        Marighella

        22/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        Jezebel

        Jezebel

        22/09/19, 22:00, ODEON OPERA 1
        28/09/19, 20:30, ASTOR

        Stitches

        Stitches

        23/09/19, 19:30, DANAOS 1
        25/09/19, 19:00, ODEON OPERA 2
        28/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 2

        End of Sentence

        End of Sentence

        23/09/19, 19:30, ODEON OPERA 1
        29/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 2

        Sorry We Missed You

        Sorry We Missed You

        23/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        24/09/19, 20:00, ASTOR

        System Crasher

        System Crasher

        24/09/19, 19:30, DANAOS 1

        Farewell

        Farewell

        24/09/19, 19:30, IDEAL

        Zombi Child

        Zombi Child

        24/09/19, 22:30, ASTOR
        28/09/19, 22:30, ASTOR

        Öndög

        Öndög

        25/09/19, 19:45, DANAOS 1

        We Are Little Zombies

        We Are Little Zombies

        25/09/19, 20:00, ODEON OPERA 1
        29/09/19, 17:30, ASTOR

        Portrait of a Lady on Fire

        Portrait of a Lady on Fire

        25/09/19, 22:15, IDEAL

        The Wild Goose Lake

        The Wild Goose Lake

        26/09/19, 20:00, IDEAL

        The Sharks

        The Sharks

        26/09/19, 22:15, DANAOS 1

        Sole

        Sole

        26/09/19, 22:15, ASTOR

        The Death of Dick Long

        The Death of Dick Long

        27/09/19, 20:00, IDEAL

        Bacurau

        Bacurau

        27/09/19, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        Animals

        Animals

        27/09/19, 22:30, IDEAL

        Driveways

        Driveways

        28/09/19, 18:00, ODEON OPERA 1

        Extra Ordinary

        Extra Ordinary

        28/09/19, 20:00, ODEON OPERA 1

        Spider

        Spider

        28/09/19, 20:30, IDEAL

        So Long, My Son

        So Long, My Son

        28/09/19, 21:45, DANAOS 1

        Farming

        Farming

        28/09/19, 22:00, ODEON OPERA 1

        The County

        The County

        29/09/19, 19:45, DANAOS 1

        The Ground Beneath my Feet

        The Ground Beneath my Feet

        29/09/19, 22:15, DANAOS 1