2023 · sci-fi · drama
Foe
Directed by Garth Davis1h 51m2023
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?
Our read: Foe (2023) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive sci-fi · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
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