The Phone Call

2013

Drama

Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

Rating

7.309
68 votes

Popularity

1.6027

Origin & Countries

GB | en | United Kingdom

Production

RSA Films

Runtime

20 min.

Status

Released

Release: 10/20/2013

Credits

The Phone Call

Mat KirkbyDirector

The Phone Call

Sally HawkinsHeather

The Phone Call

Jim BroadbentStan (voice)

The Phone Call

Edward HoggDaniel

The Phone Call

Prunella ScalesJoan

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

3/21/2024

7 / 10

This is a really quite poignant glimpse at just how tough it can be when you are on the end of a phone trying to help someone in the depths of despair. Sally Hawkins is "Heather" who comes to volunteer one evening at a crisis helpline and receives a call from "Stan". The immediately recognisable sound of Jim Broadbent's emotional voice now tells her of his predicament, and pretty swiftly she is not only trying to console and comfort him, but also to try to glean some information about his identity so she can perhaps offer more practical help. She thinks she remembers a call he made before, you see - but he denies that. Hawkins offers a masterly understated performance here, gently feeling her way through a traumatic conversation that she - and we - sense might not end well. It's gently scored and effectively illustrates just how profoundly a sense of loneliness and pointlessness can affect even the most robust of people. It's well worth a watch this.

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