The Sounding

Directed By Catherine Eaton

A mysterious new language leads to conflict and rebellion.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, brought to the island to protect her, commits her to a psychiatric hospital. She becomes a full-blown rebel in the hospital; her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life as she fights for her voice and her freedom. At a tipping point for otherness in our current climate, THE SOUNDING champions it. --- THE SOUNDING - Catherine Eaton's feature debut - tells the story of a young woman living on an island off the coast of Maine, who, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare’s words. Committed to a psychiatric hospital, her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life as she fights for her voice and her freedom. The film features Harris Yulin (Ozark), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Teddy Sears (The Flash), Erin Darke (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), Eaton herself, and many others.
Catherine Eaton’s feature debut as a director and writer, The Sounding, starring Harris Yulin (Training Day, Ozark) and Frankie Faison (The Wire, Silence of the Lambs), has won two-dozen awards on the festival circuit (including four Festival Grand Prizes) and was acquired or North American theatrical release prior to the pandemic. Catherine and The Sounding are the subject of a branded mini-doc by Stella Artois currently running on Hulu. Catherine was chosen for Tribeca's "Through Her Lens" Lab and Grant, and was selected as a Shadowing Director for Show Runner Ryan Murphy's Half Program on the hit Fox show 9-1-1. Her newest series "Breaking News" – based on her personal experience working with freelance news crews in conflict zones – was selected for IFP's Independent Film Week Project Forum. Catherine shares an Emmy with the production team on "The Human Toll of Ethanol" for Bloomberg TV, and did freelance production work for various news crews for five years. As an actor, she's been seen on Broadway, TV and film, and is currently nominated for a Helen Hayes Award. Catherine teaches Screenwriting, Screen Directing and The Art of the Pitch at Harvard University, and coaches clients privately on pitching and pitch packages. She has an undergraduate degree in International Law from Cornell University and an MFA from the Univ of MN / Guthrie. Her father is from Paraguay, and her mother is French-American.