Genre whiplash so chaotic you'll need a neck brace and a drink.
When world war breaks out and every nation is at arms for their very existence, technology and subterfuge will be the difference between survival and death. Moving from romance, to thriller, to mystery, to sci-fi, to action, to drama – all in one sitting – Hier serves as an homage to the very thing we love and revere: cinema.
Direction
Dos Santos juggles six genres like a caffeinated circus act.
Writing
Script that winks at cinema history while blowing it up.
Production
War-torn scale on presumably indie budget? Suspicious. Impressed.
Director
Robert dos Santos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Hier' means 'yesterday' in Dutch and Afrikaans — fitting for a film obsessed with cinema's past while imagining its apocalyptic future.
Director Robert dos Santos is a South African filmmaker; this appears to be his most ambitious genre-mash project to date, with zero TMDB ratings suggesting festival-circuit or extremely limited release status.
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