Sound of My Voice Page #5

Synopsis: Two documentary filmmakers are determined to expose the truth about Maggie, the mysterious leader of a secretive cult who claims to belong to the year 2054. Although they believe that everything is nothing more than a fraud, the filmmakers end up driven by her charisma.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Zal Batmanglij
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
R
Year:
2011
85 min
$300,000
Website
733 Views


But somewhere in the Valley...

...there is a woman living in a basement

who claims to be from the future.

She's actually amassing followers.

These people who believe that

she'll lead them to salvation or whatever.

And, yes, she's dangerous...

...but we have to see this thing through

all the way or we're chumps.

Don't you wanna do something

that matters?

Yes.

Let's do it.

We're a team.

We're a team?

Oh, we are totally a team.

I'm doing this with you.

Yeah.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

[SIGHS]

So after my husband up

and left me...

...I wore the same pair

of sweatpants for two years.

It was Maggie who got me to see

that humans belong in the woods...

...and not in condos.

Yeah. I'm glad that you called.

This is good.

Yeah, it feels good, don't it?

Hey, come here.

I wanna show you something.

After you.

Well, maybe we shouldn't go in

all the way because I have to be back.

Oh, come on, you'll like this.

Come on.

DEWITT:

I do the La Brea Tar Pits field trip.

I said, you wanna run a trip, you do

the paperwork yourself, like everyone else.

Trying to steal my trip.

GIRL:

Give me that!

PETER:

Heidi, Stop it. What in the world?

Heidi, I said stop it. Get off.

She ruined my backpack. It's new.

[DEWITT CLAPPING]

Get back to work. Get back to work.

The show is over.

What's happened here?

HEIDI:

My backpack. She wrote.

[DEWITT SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

You okay?

Here. I'll help you up.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

Joanne?

I need to get back.

We're here.

Can't turn around now.

Here.

Why do you have a gun?

Joanne. This is weird, okay?

Hey.

I would just like to go.

Okay. Calm down.

Trust, Lorna. It is very important

that we trust each other.

We're family now.

First rule.

Always treat a gun as if it's loaded,

even if it's not.

Always keep it pointed down.

That's how you keep from

killing somebody or yourself.

Okay, you try it-

I'd rather just watch you.

Come on.

Don't be silly. I loaded it for you.

Yeah, but I just don't feel comfortable.

Nonsense. It's important.

Okay. Legs apart-

Come on.

Okay, now remember...

...push with the right hand,

pull with the left.

Okay? Keeps you steady-

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[BOTH LAUGH]

Hi.

I texted you.

My phone died.

You wanna make huevos rancheros?

So, what happened with Joanne?

Oh, my God. She took me on a hike

through the woods...

...to this shooting range.

But it turns out I'm actually pretty good at it.

Uh, why is Joanne teaching

you how to shoot a gun?

I don't know, fun?

That's fun?

What do you think?

I don't know what to think.

That's the problem.

We don't know who these people are,

what they're capable of.

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Zal Batmanglij

Zal Batmanglij (born 1981) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote the 2011 film Sound of My Voice and the 2013 film The East, both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Netflix series The OA, which debuted in 2016. more…

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