A Sacrifice
{{Short description|2024 thriller drama film by Jordan Scott}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Sacrifice
| image = A Sacrifice poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Jordan Scott
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Ridley Scott
- Michael Pruss
- Jonas Katzenstein
- Maximilian Leo
- Georgina Pope
}}
| screenplay = Jordan Scott
| based_on = {{Based on|Tokyo|Nicholas Hogg}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
}}
| music = Volker Bertelmann
| cinematography = Julie Kirkwood
| editing = Rachel Durance
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Scott Free Productions
- Augenschein Filmproduktion
}}
| distributor = Vertical (North America)
| released = {{film date|2024|6|28|United States|2024|8|1|Germany}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = {{Plainlist|
- United States
- Germany
}}
| language = {{ubl|English|German}}
| budget =
| gross = $130,017{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=16491560 |title=A Sacrifice (2024) |access-date=30 August 2024}}{{Cite The Numbers |id=Sacrifice-A-(2024) |title=A Sacrifice (2024) |access-date=30 August 2024}}
}}
A Sacrifice is a 2024 psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Jordan Scott, and starring Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, and Sylvia Hoeks. A co-production between Germany and United States, the film is an adaptation of Nicholas Hogg's 2015 novel Tokyo.
A Sacrifice had a limited theatrical release in the United States by Vertical Entertainment on 28 June 2024. It had a limited release in Germany on 1 August 2024. It received generally poor reviews.
Plot
{{More plot|section|date=June 2024}}
An American social psychologist in Berlin must save his daughter from a cult after she falls in love with a boy who is under the thrall of the cult's charismatic leader.
Cast
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- Eric Bana as Ben Monroe
- Sadie Sink as Mazzy Monroe, Ben's daughter
- Sylvia Hoeks as Nina
- Jonas Dassler as Martin
- Sophie Rois as Hilma
- Stephan Kampwirth as Max
- {{ill|Lara Feith|de}} as Lotte
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Production
The film was co-produced by Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss for Scott Free Productions in conjunction with Cologne-based Augenschein Filmproduktion's Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, and Georgina Pope. Executive producers were Jonathan Saubach for Augenschein and Rebecca Feuer for Scott Free.
Kiernan Shipka was initially added to the production alongside Bana in January 2022, but left the project before principal photography began in September 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/kiernan-shipka-ridley-scott-eric-bana-berlin-nobody-movie-1234920901/ |title=Eric Bana & Kiernan Shipka To Star In Thriller 'Berlin Nobody' For Scott Free & Augenschein; Protagonist Launches Sales On EFM Hot Pic |work=Deadline |date=January 27, 2022 |first1=Andreas |last1=Wiseman}} In May 2022, Sylvia Hoeks was added to the cast. In September 2022, Sadie Sink, Jonas Dassler, and Sophie Rois were cast in the film.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sylvia-hoeks-berlin-nobody-eric-bana-kiernan-shipka-1235150260 |title="Blade Runner 2049' Star Sylvia Hoeks Joins 'Berlin Nobody' as Protagonist Closes Key Sales (Exclusive) |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=May 19, 2022 |first1=Alex |last1=Ritman}} Stephan Kampwirth and Lara Feith were announced to be part of the cast in May 2024.
Principal photography began in Berlin in September 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/stranger-things-sadie-sink-whale-venice-scott-free-berlin-nobody-eric-bana-1235108894 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906151608/https://deadline.com/2022/09/stranger-things-sadie-sink-whale-venice-scott-free-berlin-nobody-eric-bana-1235108894/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |title='Stranger Things' Star Sadie Sink, Fresh Off Venice Movie 'The Whale', Joins Scott Free & Augenschein Thriller 'Berlin Nobody' With Filming Underway |work=Deadline |date=September 6, 2022 |first1=Andreas |last1=Wiseman}} Filming was wrapped by December 2022.{{Cite web |last1=Complex |first1=Valerie |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/scene-2-seen-podcast-sadie-sink-discusses-the-whale-stranger-things-working-with-taylor-swift-1235219636/|title= Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Sadie Sink Discusses The Whale, Stranger Things, and Working With Taylor Swift|website=Deadline|date= 12 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ap-breakthrough-entertainer-sadie-sink-smiles-drama-95449302|title=AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Sadie Sink smiles through drama|publisher=ABC News|date=December 16, 2022|access-date=January 23, 2022}}
Release
A Sacrifice is the second film (after The Dive in 2023) under the strategic sales partnership between UK-based Protagonist Pictures and the German distributor Augenschein Sales, with both companies sharing joint sales rights to the film worldwide.{{Cite web |url=https://collider.com/berlin-nobody-cast-sadie-sink-eric-bana |title=Sadie Sink Joins 'Berlin Nobody' Opposite Eric Bana and Jonas Dassler |website=Collider |date=September 6, 2022 |first1=Rob |last1=London}}{{cite web |title=First look at new thriller BERLIN NOBODY |url=https://www.augenschein-filmproduktion.de/en/news/berlin-nobody-first-look.html |publisher=Augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH |access-date=12 August 2024}}
In February 2024, Vertical acquired North American distribution rights to the film (which was subsequently re-titled A Sacrifice in May 2024), releasing it in select theatres on 28 June 2024.{{cite web|title=Vertical Lands NA Rights To Jordan Scott-Directed Thriller 'A Sacrifice' With Eric Bana & Sadie Sink|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr|last=Fleming|date=10 May 2024|access-date=10 May 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/vertical-lands-jordan-scott-directed-thriller-a-sacrifice-eric-bana-sadie-sink-1235911572/}}
A Sacrifice was released in Germany under the title Berlin Nobody on 1 August 2024.
Reception
=Box office=
{{As of|2024|08|30}}, most of the film's revenue originated from its theatrical release in Russia, where it grossed $61,559 during its opening weekend, and went on to make the total of $122,360 in that territory after 56 days in release.
=Critical response=
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|25|4.6|16|ref=yes|access-date=8 October 2024}} {{Metacritic film prose|44|five|ref=yes|access-date=5 July 2024}}
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film one out of four stars and wrote, "The first two-thirds of A Sacrifice are a largely leaden affair... it then proceeds to get infinitely worse in its final act as it shifts from tediousness to outright lunacy".{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-sacrifice-movie-review-2024|title=A Sacrifice|first=Peter|last=Sobczynski|website=RogerEbert.com|date=28 June 2024|access-date=30 June 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|16491560}}
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Category:2020s English-language films
Category:Films produced by Ridley Scott
Category:Scott Free Productions films