The Listener (2024)

Actor Steve Buscemi directs a script from the Oscar-nominated scribe of 2009's The Messenger following night shift volunteers of a helpline centre. Stars Emmy nominees Tessa Thompson and Rebecca Hall alongside Alia Shawkat (Search Party) and Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade).

Beth (Thompson) 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.

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