The Listener
“Lives are on the line.”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Tessa Thompson
Beth
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Logan Marshall-Green
Michael (voice)
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Derek Cecil
Andy (voice)
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Margaret Cho
Corinne (voice)
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The Lost Room
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Jinx (voice)
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Star Trek: Discovery
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Ricky Velez
Ellis (voice)
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The King of Staten Island
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Alia Shawkat
Sharon (voice)
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Arrested Development
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Jamie Hector
Ray (voice)
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The Wire
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Casey Wilson
Ruby (voice)
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Gone Girl
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Bobby Soto
Chris (voice)
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Rebecca Hall
Laura (voice)
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Godzilla vs. Kong
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Matt Van Orden
Jinx's Boyfriend (voice) (uncredited)
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Steve Buscemi Director · Alessandro Camon Screenplay Aska Matsumiya Composer
United States release March 29, 2024 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Hantz Motion Pictures
Production
Sight Unseen Pictures
Production
Olive Productions
Production
Atlas Industries
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Italy · September 9, 2022
Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
United States · March 29, 2024
Limited theatrical
United States · March 29, 2024
Digital
United States
June 11, 2023 · Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
Austria
October 22, 2022 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Brazil
November 13, 2025 · Digital
Canada
March 29, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Greece
November 7, 2022 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Sweden
November 9, 2022 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 8, 2024 · Digital
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