2013 · sci-fi · animation · drama
The Congress
Directed by Ari Folman2h 3m2013
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Our read: The Congress (2013) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal sci-fi · animation · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured sci-fi / animation, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
- twisty
- signature
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