Some actresses complain about the dearth of good parts for women. Brit Marling writes them for herself. In Another Earth,
she was an ex-offender hoping for a trip to an alternative future. In this, one of two film’s she’s written with director Zal Batmanglij, she’s a purported visitor from the future, or charlatan,
maybe, preparing a cult-like group of followers to return with her to the year 2054.
The key characters, though, are a couple (Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius) who’ve been admitted to her circle but are actually aspiring journalists aiming to expose her as a fraud. As Another Earth used its nominally sci-fi premise as a way to explore the guilt felt by its main character, The Sound of My Voice uses its cult story to explore the issue of trust. At the same time, it functions as a tight little mystery.
viewed 5/9/12 7:20 at Ritz 5 and reviewed 5/10–11/12
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