A boy collects sounds to survive his life—until survival demands something louder.
A young boy with a profound passion for capturing the sounds that surround him, turns to this art as his refuge from a nightmarish reality.But a painful incident pushes him to resort to violence.
Sound
The sound design IS the character—every crunch, whisper, silence.
Acting
Minon John's stillness hits harder than any scream.
Direction
Anirudhan trusts you to connect dots he refuses to draw.
Director
Asish Anirudhan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Minon John won the National Film Award for Best Child Actor in 2012 for '101 Chodyangal'—'Themis' showcases his unnerving ability to communicate without dialogue.
The film's sound design inverts horror conventions: instead of silences building to loud scares, collected sounds become weapons of both escape and destruction. Joshua's archive is Chekhov's gun with headphones.
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