2015 · sci-fi · drama · experimental
The Whispering Star
Directed by Sion Sono1h 42m2015
A feminine android delivers packages to scattered humans throughout the galaxy. With years to spare, the android and us have time to contemplate the meaning of being human.
Our read: The Whispering Star (2015) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal sci-fi · drama · experimental entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured sci-fi / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- signature
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