What is Sound like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sound as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Sound as moderate.

Which films are like Sound?

Films with a similar feel include The Sound of Metal, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Johnny Belinda.

Name: Sound
Duration: 14 min

14 min★ 0.0

After a car accident takes away photographer Isabelle Pisano’s hearing, an unnerving sensory transformation reshapes her frightening new reality.

May contain story progression spoilers

Isabelle’s hearing impairment is conveyed through a muffled, frightening soundscape rather than only explained through dialogue.
The violent car accident changes Isabelle’s hearing and initiates the film’s central psychological and sensory shift.
The plot centers on Isabelle’s struggle to navigate hearing impairment and its frightening new normal.
Its fourteen-minute format concentrates accident, adjustment, fear, and the subsequent beautiful-terrifying development into a tightly bounded transformation.

The Sound of Metal
shared focus on sensory perception, disability, and an intimate emotional transformation
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
shared use of altered perception and surreal imagery to explore trauma and identity
Johnny Belinda
shared emphasis on visual storytelling, bodily vulnerability, and subjective experience

What is Sound about?: After a car accident takes away photographer Isabelle Pisano’s hearing, an unnerving sensory transformation reshapes her frightening new reality.
What is Sound like to watch?: Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sound as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
Is Sound violent?: Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Sound as moderate.
Which films are like Sound?: Films with a similar feel include The Sound of Metal, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Johnny Belinda.
How long is Sound?: Sound runs 14 minutes.