The Listener

A hushed, claustrophobic night shift spent entirely on one side of a phone call, quietly gripping and quietly devastating.

Directed by

Steve Buscemi

Genres

Drama

Starring

Tessa Thompson, Logan Marshall-Green, Derek Cecil

Tagline

Lives are on the line.

Overview

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, loneliness, trauma, healing

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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