2022 · sci-fi · drama · adventure
Vesper
Directed by Kristina Buožytė1h 52m2022
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
Our read: Vesper (2022) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- brisk
- inventive
- redemptive
- epic-stakes
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