In a future where consciousness can be transferred, Sal is urged by his sister to try a breakthrough technology that implants the memories and personality of the dead into the living. After the passing of his wife, Sal must decide how far he's willing to go to reconnect with the past.
Acting
Gael García Bernal's silent devastation says everything
Cinematography
Bleak, beautiful frames that mirror emotional emptiness
Direction
Messina's patient, almost cruel restraint
Director
Piero Messina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Messina explicitly rejected flashy futurism, using near-contemporary design to suggest this technology is already philosophically here.
Renate Reinsve filmed her dual-role scenes back-to-back in single takes, with no digital compositing for the mirror confrontations.
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