The Silencing
The Silencing
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| Directed by | Robin Pront |
| Produced by | Cybill Lui Eppich |
| Written by | Micah Ranum |
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| Cinematography | Manuel Dacosse |
| Edited by | Alain Dessauvage |
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| Distributed by | Saban Films |
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Running time | 93 minutes [1] |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $141,479[2][3] |
The Silencing is a 2020 American-Canadian action-thriller film directed by Robin Pront from a screenplay by Micah Ranum. It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Annabelle Wallis. The film is about a hunter and police sheriff who track down a murderer who may have kidnapped the hunter's daughter years ago.
It was released through DirecTV Cinema on July 16, 2020, and in theaters and VOD on August 14, 2020, by Saban Films.
Plot[edit source]
Rayburn Swanson (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is the owner of the Gwen Swanson Sanctuary. It is named after his daughter, Gwen, who had gone missing five years earlier when Rayburn, an alcoholic, stopped to buy a drink. Rayburn opened the sanctuary as an act of penance, as his daughter had always disapproved of his making money as an animal trapper.
Sheriff Alice Gustafson (Annabelle Wallis) is informed that the body of a young girl, with a mark on her neck, has been found by a lake. Rayburn learns about it and immediately goes to the hospital to see the body, but it is not his daughter. Alice finds a broken arrow in a tree and learns it is of an old and rare type known as an atlatl. The arrow is marked with the initials "MB". A man in camouflage attacks Rayburn in the woods near his cabin before departing. When Rayburn returns to the cabin, he notices a black truck in the forest and marks it. Later, he sees a girl being hunted by the same man in camouflage.
During the course of the investigation, Alice learns about another missing girl. Elsewhere, Rayburn finds the hunted girl, Molly, and decides to keep her safe in a now-abandoned animal trap overnight. In the morning, he takes Molly to his cabin, but finds that the killer is already there. The killer attacks them, injuring Rayburn and stabbing Molly with an arrow. Alice arrives; seeing that Molly has been stabbed, she suspects that Rayburn is the killer... who is actually standing behind her. Alice misidentifies him as her brother, Brooks; in order to save him, she shoots Rayburn and lets "Brooks" go. Rayburn flees to his friends' home, and they help him get secretly treated by Dr. Boone.
Rayburn sees the same black truck he had found in the forest and learns that its owner's neighbor uses it on occasion. He breaks into the neighbor's home and finds weapons and clothes worn by the man who had attacked him in the woods earlier. He also finds the 'missing' posters of all the kidnapped girls, including his daughter.
Alice goes to the doctor's office to find the autopsy report of the dead girl found beside the lake. But she notices the photo of the doctor with his daughter, who died after being hit by a car; in it, the girl is wearing a necklace with MB initials on it. This confirms to Alice that Boone is the killer. She immediately goes with her team to raid Boone's home but he's not there-- he has taken Rayburn to the sanctuary and tells him to run so Boone can hunt him. Rayburn overpowers Boone, however; Alice arrives and tells Rayburn to stop, but he does not, and throws Boone to his death into one of the old animal traps.
Later, Gwen's funeral is conducted. Molly also attends, giving Rayburn closure. The film ends with Rayburn approaching a lake with a bottle of whiskey that serves as his last memory of his daughter.
Cast[edit source]
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Rayburn Swanson
- Annabelle Wallis as Sheriff Alice Gustafson
- Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Brooks Gustafson
- Zahn McClarnon as Karl Blackhawk
- Melanie Scrofano as Debbie
- Shaun Smyth as Dr. Boone
Production[edit source]
In May 2018, it was announced Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had joined the cast of the film, with Anders Engstom directing from a screenplay by Micah Ranum.[4] In February 2019, Annabelle Wallis joined the cast of the film, with Robin Point directing the film, replacing Engstom.[5] In April 2019, Hero Fiennes Tiffin joined the cast of the film.[6] In May 2019, Melanie Scrofano, Zahn McClarnon and Shaun Smyth joined the cast of the film.[7]
Principal photography occurred in May 2019 in Canada.[8][9]
Release[edit source]
The film was scheduled to have its world premiere at South by Southwest in March 2020, however the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11] Shortly after, Saban Films acquired distribution rights to the film.[12] It was released in the United States through DirecTV Cinema on July 16, 2020, and released in theaters and to video on demand on August 14, 2020.[13] It was released in Canada on August 14, 2020.[14][15] The film opened as the top rental in the country and opened on 79 screens, taking in $53,205, making it the top grossing new film release with the highest per-screen average in the United States.[16]
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