VOICE FROM THE STONE (2017)

Featuring: Emilia Clarke; Marton Csokas; Edward Dring

Director: Eric D. Howell

Based on the 1996 novel by Silvino Raffio this 2017 movie is also set in Tuscany, Italy during the 1950's. Verena (Emilia Clarke) is a nurse hired to aid a young boy (Edward Dring) who'd gone mute upon the recent death of his mother. Convinced that he can hear his late mother's voice in the walls of the ancient villa they all live in, the boy gradually draws his new carer into his own mysteriously silent world.

The mood is sombre and the pace is slow but the story is fascinating with a nice sting in the tail. As usual Emilia Clarke's performance is first rate but it is Edward Dring's wonderful depiction of the deeply troubled Jacob that really steals the show.

I rate it at a respectable 3 out of 5 stars.

 Edward Dring with Emilia Clarke