Originally published September 25, 2020. Updated September 24, 2020.
Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama Sound of Metal. Directed by Darius Marder, the film stars Riz Ahmed as a punk-metal drummer whose life begins to unravel when he begins to lose his hearing. Joining Ahmed in the cast are Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Shaheem Sanchez, Chelsea Lee, Jeremy Stone and Mathieu Amalric; take a look here…
During a series of adrenaline-fueled one-night gigs, itinerant punk-metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career — and with it his life — is over. His bandmate and girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) checks the recovering heroin addict into a secluded sober house for the deaf in hopes it will prevent a relapse and help him learn to adapt to his new situation. But after being welcomed into a community that accepts him just as he is, Ruben has to choose between his equilibrium and the drive to reclaim the life he once knew. Utilizing startling, innovative sound design techniques, director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience to vividly recreate his journey into a rarely examined world.
Sound of Metal us set for a theatrical release on November 20th, and arrives on Amazon Prime Video on December 4th.
