IFC Midnight presents
COME TRUE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ANTHONY SCOTT BURNS
STARRING JULIA SARAH STONE AND LANDON LIBOIRON
“Exhilarating. A sublime journey as fresh in its execution as it is in its narrative.”
– Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects
“Radical. COME TRUE wants to be the kind of sci-fi movie that warrants multiple viewings. It deserves them.”
– Nick Allen, RogerEbert.com
“A neon-soaked cinematic nightmare…a beautiful yet truly frightening examination of the power of dreams that features some of the most evocative dreamscape imagery this writer has witnessed since The Cell…”
– Heather Wixson, Daily Dead
*FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020 – OFFICIAL SELECTION*
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AVAILABLE IN SELECT THEATERS, DIGITAL & CABLE VOD
FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH
High school student Sarah (Stone) is at her lowest point yet when she runs away from home and finds herself with no one to rely on and struggling with recurring nightmares. She chances upon a university sleep study that offers the promise of safety and money and brings her an unexpected friend and confidant in the overseeing scientist Jeremy (Liboiron). But there’s something curious about proceedings and being under observation seems to make Sarah’s disturbing dreams even worse. As the darkness begins to close in, it’s soon clear that Sarah has unknowingly become the conduit to a horrifying, new discovery…
A distinctive and compelling work of science fiction that haunts the space between wakefulness and sleep, COME TRUE is the sophomore feature by Canadian writer, director, cinematographer, and composer Anthony Scott Burns. Featuring an unforgettable electronic score by Electric Youth and Pilotpriest (the filmmaker’s composing moniker) and a striking performance from breakthrough actress Julia Sarah Stone (ALLURE, EVERY THING WILL BE FINE, AMC’s The Killing), COME TRUE is a cinematic dream well worth the submersion.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
“I’d been fascinated with this concept of sleep paralysis since I first experienced it in my youth,” said writer/director Anthony Scott Burns. “When people are in this state, they often seem to see the exact same thing: dark shadows with eyes watching over them. Science obviously declares this a mass hallucination, but you have to wonder… Why do people see the same thing?” Inspired by the work of Nicolas Roeg, William Friedkin, Stanley Kubrick, and David Cronenberg, as well as sleep studies conducted by Berkeley University, COME TRUE seeks to ask what would happen if we could see other people’s dreams? What would we see? What would we discover about ourselves? What if these shadows from our collective dreams saw us looking back at them? “Artistically, the goal of the film was to create a classic genre narrative that could slowly hypnotize” adds Burns, “that would clearly deliver a building ‘feeling’, and finish with a moment for the audience that leaves them disoriented, lost, questioning where the line between the film and their own life ends. A dream come true.”
ABOUT JULIA SARAH STONE
Julia Sarah Stone recently starred in the independent film, ALLURE, opposite Evan Rachel Wood. The film is a two-hander that centers on a troubled 30-year-old woman (Wood) who becomes obsessed with a teen, manipulating her to run away to live with her. A twisted and intense relationship, fueled by codependency and manipulation, ensues. She previously starred in the independent film, WEIRDOS, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival as well as the independent film, EVERY THING WILL BE FINE, directed by Wim Wenders and starring opposite James Franco and Rachel McAdams. She is perhaps best known for her series regular role in the third season of thJulia Sarah Stone recently starred in the independent film, ALLURE, opposite Evan Rachel Wood. The film is a two-hander that centers on a troubled 30-year-old woman (Wood) who becomes obsessed with a teen, manipulating her to run away to live with her. A twisted and intense relationship, fueled by codependency and manipulation, ensues. She previously starred in the independent film, WEIRDOS, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival as well as the independent film, EVERY THING WILL BE FINE, directed by Wim Wenders and starring opposite James Franco and Rachel McAdams. She is perhaps best known for her series regular role in the third season of the AMC series, THE KILLING, starring opposite Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos. She previously starred in the F/X pilot, HOW & WHY, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. Her characters were John Hawkes and Sally Hawkins’ MALE triplets. She also starred on the Syfy series, AFTERMATH. In 2014, Julia starred in the independent film, WET BUM, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. She was also selected to be a part of the 2014 Toronto Film Festival’s Rising Star Program in which they honor 4 up and coming Canadian actors. In 2012, Stone won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in an International Feature Film for her role in THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM.
Release Details:
COME TRUE will open in select theaters, digital platforms, and cable VOD on Friday, March 12, 2021 courtesy of IFC Midnight
120 MIN / 2021 / ENGLISH / COLOR
