Release Date: May 17th, 2019
R |1 hr 46 min
Plot SummaryWhen a spacecraft carrying settlers to Mars strays off course, the consumption-obsessed passengers are prompted to consider their place in the universe.
Cast: Emilie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian, Bianca Cruzeiro, Anneli Martini, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Peter Carlberg, Emma Broomé, Jamil Drissi
Director: Pella Kagerman , Hugo Lilja
Genres: Science fiction , Drama
Production Co: Magnolia Pictures, Viaplay, Meta Film
It’s a film that wants to be visionary but isn’t. show more
The bleak warning of this environmental parable notwithstanding, this is arresting, frequently unsettling, cinema. show more
ANIARA has plenty going for it — a great concept, a coherent tone, an uncompromising vision, and an ending that’s the ballsiest thing I’ve seen since AI. Sadly these virtues are undercut by some unforgivable sins — it is boring, has underdeveloped characters, and has a childlike understanding of the scientific concepts supposedly undergirding the plot. One of those could be forgivable, but all together they spell doom. show more
