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Synopsis

Vos is a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for the benefit of the company. When something goes wrong on a routine job, she finds herself trapped inside a man whose identity threatens to obliterate her own.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - World premiere

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 min
Format
DIGITAL
Director
Brandon Cronenberg
Producer
Niv Fichman, Andy Starke, Fraser Ash, Kevin Krist
Editor
Matt Hannam
Screenwriter
Brandon Cronenberg
Director of Photography
Karim Hussain
Sound
Martin Pavey
Composer
Jim Williams
Principal cast
Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Canada, UK co-production

Rhombus Media (CA), Rook Films (UK), Particular Crowd (US)

Rook Films

Sales Company

Arclight Films

8730 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 508
Beverly Hills
CA 90211
USA

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