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The Music Box

When six-year-old Sophie is tragically orphaned guardianship is assigned to her estranged aunt Annabelle. The two move into a large, eerie, Victorian house where Sophie unearths a locked wooden box with a strange symbol drawn on it. Desperate to connect with her niece Annabelle pries the lock open revealing a beautiful music box. Each time the music box is wound and replayed it's surprisingly chilling melody plays slightly longer, captivating Sophie even more. When the music box begins affecting Sophie's behavior and health Annabelle seeks the aid of a child psychologist and clairvoyant who soon discover the music box is possessed by an evil spirit who seeks to haunt Sophie and destroy Annabelle. As the haunting intensifies time begins to run out and Annabelle finds herself racing against the music box's melody to defeat the spirit before the last note plays.

  • John Real
    Director
  • Adriana Marzagalli & John Real
    Writer
  • Rachel Daigh
    Key Cast
    "Annabelle"
  • Antonio Lujak
    Key Cast
    "Dr.Loris"
  • Fiona Whitelaw
    Key Cast
    "Mrs Nills"
  • Antonella Salvucci
    Key Cast
    "Eva"
  • GIOVANNI MARZAGALLI
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 28, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    950,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy, United Kingdom, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - John Real

Described by many critics as a promising director from Hollywood's theatricality, Marzagalli Giovanni, in art John Real, has been able to distinguish him self on the Italian scene with great performances of genre cinema. This Catania's young artist has imposed him self defining precisely a a style and a kind, in order to succeed with a different eye from what Italian cinema has to offer, and trying to get noticed for the difference and the wire Americanness with which he signs his works, starting from the titles. In 2011 he won the Golden Globe as the revelation director with "Native" film he created at the age of 21 and with which he has been reported as the youngest director in Europe. The movie "Native" has won 3 Golden Globes Italy. At the 68th Venice Film Festival, the movie NATIVE was in the "digital expo" of the festival, Native also had the honor of opening the prestigious "Fantasy Horror Award 2011". In 2012 John founded the Real Dreams Entertainment Srl: the company starts immediately producing the thriller movie "Midway between life and death." Before long, Real Dreams also conquered the field of distribution and distributes throughout Italy "Midway between life and death" April 11, 2013. The film received excellent feedback from critics, who highlights the peculiarities of the work that alternates suspense and drama in a paranormal story. Midway between the life and death of twenty-four director John Real has been present among the seven Italian films vying to represent Italy at the Oscars 2014. On August 7, 2014, John Real, was a guest of the Italian Horror Fest along with Dario Argento, Ruggero Deodato and Luigi Cozzi. The director accepted the award special IHF 2014 as director symbol of a genre that has been tradition in the years of Italian film and which is thus taken up by young authors. In 2015 the director John Real winning the Award "I-Art Festival" in Italy us Best Director. Recently he has directed the movie "The music box" and the Tv Series "Feel the Dead Five Days" with Estella Warren and William Mcnamara. The Tv Series has recently won 5 awards at the "Oniros Film Awards". In 2018, John Real has won as "Best Director" and the show has won as "Best Tv Series" & "Best Horror Drama".

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