For those who have seenMe Before You, the beginning of the trailer forVoice from the Stonemay seem a little familiar. A young person has undergone a tragedy, andEmilia Clarke’s character is brought in to help. She’s caring, witty, and charming, and is hoping to bring them back from the brink. ButVoices from the Stoneis not a love story, it’s a supernatural thriller. At this remote Italian castle, Clarke’s Verena wants to help young Jakob (Edward Dring), whose mother just passed away. He hasn’t spoken since, but swears he hears her voice in the walls. Soon, she does too …
Verena also gets into a relationship with Jackob’s father, Klaus (Marton Csokas), which keeps her at the house long after she starts realizing something is very wrong. Check out the creepy trailer below:
As badass as Clarke can be in action movies or as the Khaleesi onGame of Thrones, I think she’s really at her best in these smaller dramatic roles. Directed byEric Howelland based on the novel bySilvio Raffo, the movie (which takes place in the 1950s) was described by Howell toUSA Todayas a “Hitchcockian fairy tale.” Clarke added that for Verena, the house is “mixed in with all of the loneliness she has felt in her life as a nurse who is always moving from one family to another. It seems that happiness is only a family away.”
The beautiful Italian setting and gothic overtones seems to be setting the stage for a wonderfully creepy and suspenseful tale, and we’ll find out more whenVoice from the Stonepremieres April 28th in theaters and simultaneously on VOD.
Here’s the official synopsis:
VOICE FROM THE STONE is the haunting story of Verena (Clarke), a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy named Jakob who has fallen silent since the untimely death of his mother nearly a year ago. Living with his father (Csokas) in a massive stone manor in Tuscany, Jakob not only refuses to speak, he seems to be under the spell of a malevolent force trapped within the stone walls. As Verena’s relationship with the father and son grow, she becomes ensnared and consumed by Malvina’s severe force. If she is to save the boy, and free herself, she must face the phantom hidden inside the stone.
