I Hear the Trees Whispering

I Hear the Trees Whispering (2022)

Something is not right with this place

Running from his tormented past, a man takes a job in the middle of the woods, only to find his quiet life shattered when it soon turns out nothing around him is what it seems.

Date of release
2022-07-01
TMDB
2.8 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Director
József Gallai

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Isztimér
  • Awards: 9 · Nominations: 0. Including: World Film Carnival, Singapore; Tagore International Film Festival; Halicarnassus Film Festival; Indie Fest

I Hear the Trees Whispering is a 2022 mystery thriller film written and directed by József Gallai. Shot almost entirely from the point of view of its protagonist, it stars Gábor Varga as a man who takes a job as the sole caretaker of a remote stretch of forest, with Larry Hankin and Bill Oberst Jr. in supporting roles. A Hungarian-American-British-Norwegian co-production filmed in Hungary, it was released by BayView Entertainment.

Production

The film was written and directed by József Gallai, whose earlier work includes Spirits in the Dark, Moth and The Poltergeist Diaries. Gallai said it was his first feature since 2013 that was not a horror film, and that he set out to combine adventure, thriller, science fiction and drama.

Gallai completed the screenplay in the summer of 2020 and revised it during the pandemic lockdown, scouting locations while working on The Poltergeist Diaries. The two lead performances were recorded in the spring of 2021, and principal photography was completed in nine days with a crew of only a few people, with further days shot that summer and in November 2021. A change of cast during production brought Anita Tóth back to the film.

Gallai shared cinematography with Gergő Elekes, who also composed the score and edited the film. Visual effects were by Neil Rowe. The soundtrack features three songs by Eric Ziegmont's State of Shock ("Caution to the Wind", "If You Were Love" and "Nobody Rides"), along with "Torment" by Joseph Richmond, "The Paragon" by Dane E. Connor and "We're in This Together" performed by Colton.

Reviewing the film, Jim Morazzini noted that it marked a departure for Gallai, who was known primarily for found footage horror, and compared its first-person camerawork to that of Hardcore Henry while observing that it is not an action film.

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