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25/04/2019 Science Fiction, Drama 0h 19m
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Overview

A sci-fi family drama is set in two time frames: the deep future, that is left with no future, and the near future, that will bring about the eventual dystopian collapse of society. Protagonist Lew Aron survives both time frames and is set to discover a potential outlet to confront his innermost desire, or what’s left of it.

  1. Ilya Abulkhanov

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michael Curylo

    Lew

  2. Britt Harris

    Kelly

  3. Gregory Niebel

    Doctor K.

  4. Vienna Weaver

    May

  5. Elijah Howard

    Colleague

  6. Jon Harris

    Doorman

  7. Lucy Boryer

    Secretary

  8. Azize Erim

    Anchor

  9. Linda Aleman

    Girl Reading Book

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Reviews

A review by LittleGravitas
Written by LittleGravitas on 2020-07-21
I read an ASC Short Takes article on this sometime last year and must've bookmarked the Vimeo page for later perusal. That later is now.

ARXIV over-relies on CGI, something I find irritating especially when it's sloppy—as is frequently the case here. It's possible to tell a good science fiction story without decadent levels of production design. If a unique style one of a film's major facets, go ahead. Otherwise, I'd argue it's preferable to tone things down.

It doesn't help that they stuck with a generic Blade Runner/Star Wars sequels aesthetic. If there's one thing I did appreciate, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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