‘Sound of Freedom’ Director Says Controversy Surrounding the Surprise-Hit Film ‘Breaks My Heart’ https://t.co/KOgFLKXvgP
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Sound of Freedom continues to drum up surprise box office success while also facing backlash,
The movie has earned over $172 million at the domestic box office on a $15 million budget,
A fictionalized version of a true story, it is about a man who makes it his mission to rescue children from human-trafficking operations. Monteverde began working on Sound of Freedom in 2015.
It has faced criticism for its star, Jim Caviezel, who has aligned himself with far-right conspiracies like QAnon, which he called a “good thing” while promoting the movie. Former President Trump even hosted a private screening of the movie.
Film director Alejandro Monteverde is speaking out about the mixed reception to the thriller.
“I don’t want to be part of anything that falls in the area of politics. So when I started seeing division, my first instinct was to run… But then later, I realized by distancing myself, the whole story wasn’t coming to light.“
Director admitted that Caviezel promotion conspiracy theories did have an impact [on the film] that was not in line with who he is as a person, as a filmmaker, as a storyteller.
“It was heartbreaking when I saw all this polemic and all this controversy going on. … Look, when you hire people, what they do on the free time, I can’t control. I was a director. I wrote the screenplay. I hired the actor I thought was the best for this film. The subject matter was very personal to him.“
“It breaks my heart that this movie is in any way, shape or form part of a controversy. It shouldn’t be. My goal with this movie was to create awareness on the subject matter and we’ve been successful. Many people are talking about it.”
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