The Congress

The Congress

  • Director: Ari Folman
  • Writer: Stanislaw Lem,Ari Folman
  • Countries of origin: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Un
  • Language: English
  • Release date: July 24, 2014
  • Sound mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Son Şans
  • "The Congress" is a science fiction film directed by Ari Folman and starring Robin Wright , Danny Huston , Harvey Keitel and others. It was released in France on July 3, 2013.
    The film tells the story of a former actress, White, who despairedly walked into a fantasy world created by psychiatry and pharmacology when her career was setback   .

    Details

    • Release date July 24, 2014
    • Filming locations Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Pandora Filmproduktion, Opus Film

    Box office

    Budget

    PLN 34,148,170 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $137,815

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $28,640

    Gross worldwide

    $758,754

    Movie reviews

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    • By Michele 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      The Individual Philosophy and Virtual Network of Utopia

      Everyone lives in their own utopia, everyone is an island, a small universe that is not related to each other, and the mother and daughter are far away from each other.

      In the end, the heroine turned into the appearance of her son Allen. Following Allen's thinking, she finally found Allen, but it contradicted her personal utopia setting. After all, after taking hallucinogens, everyone is already a parallel universe and will never be There are intersections.

      The second contract...

    • By Shirley 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      Short Review - The Congress

      As the creator said, this film only borrows the core of technology from Lem's original work, and after adding thinking about the film industry and commercial system, it is presented in a near-future stage that is not too dark, and finally constitutes A typical existential quest in a postmodern dystopian context. The script has been subtracted, leaving only the necessary details that reflect the character's situation and worldview, and the remaining blanks allow the audience to freely...

    • By Uriel 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      Kite and Plane

      Robin: Look at me. Wake up!

      Some dreams are so beautiful that you wake up disappointed. The Futurology Conference frantically shuttles between the virtual and the real, and the more back-and-forths blur the boundary. At the end of the story, some people must be heartbroken. Not to mention whether it is a good work or not, the director is well-intentioned, and every detail seems to be a Hamlet-esque hint, coupled with an open structure, it can be said to maximize the freedom of...

    • By Demond 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      Ma Ma is the same at home and abroad, revolving around the child

      A very special movie, a live-action and an animated sci-fi movie. In an era where technology has changed life, Robin, as an actress, has her profession replaced by robots, and her genes, appearance, emotions, except her thoughts, are all copied, including her name, which is owned by robots. She can no longer appear in front of people with her real name. When she entered the animation area, she did not expect that she would stay there for 20 years. When she witnessed all the good things in...

    • By Eula 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      Who framed actor Robin.

      This film should be called Robin's Bizarre Adventures or Robin Fantasia. The rhythm of the film is very slow, and it is a very literary film. Due to Robin's excellent performance, the concept of virtual actors proposed in this film is not so prominent and important. After reading the introduction, I know that the original book is actually very good. My Polish roommate also recommended the original author's book. The story of the original book is completely It can be made into a great sci-fi...

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    • By Wayne 2022-04-24 07:01:26

      A bit broken, the screenwriter is still...

    • By Laurie 2022-04-23 07:05:52

      2.1 Hard sci-fi. To cancel the material basis of the existence of life and the existence form of the time unit, to a certain extent, is equivalent to breaking through the limitations of life, but at the same time, it is also imprisoned in the past. The focus of this film is the entanglement of two realities, and there is no discussion of substances, which is not enjoyable...

    • By Heath 2022-04-23 07:05:52

      Actors are CGIized, and the future is replaced by numbers. It is very ambitious to use a semi-animation set in a dystopian setting to explore philosophy and the future, and it is also very brain-burning to read the original...

    • By Deonte 2022-04-23 07:05:52

      Huge imagination (very fresh and huge new world view, difficult to...

    • By Garret 2022-04-23 07:05:52

      The animation part praises the real person and the part is too boring and...

    Evaluation action

    In terms of animation style, the film continues Director Ali's thick-framed color blocks and a realistic sense of color. In terms of content, Ali changed the realism in the waltz and entered a futuristic sci-fi field, which is a change and breakthrough in the theme   . (Time Net Review)
    In the film "The Congress", the director expressed a pessimistic tone, without the irony of the original. However, the director made a similar problem...
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    Movie quotes

    • Robin Wright: Does that make sense? Or is this just in my mind?

      Robot: Ultimately, everything make sense. And everything is in our mind.

    • Jeff: We at Miramount, want to... want to scan you. All of you - your body, your face, your emotion, your laughter, your tears, your climaxing, your happiness, your depressions, your... fears, longings. We want to sample you, we want to preserve you, we want... all this, this... this thing, this thing called..."Robin Wright".

      Robin Wright: What will you do with this... thing ? That you call Robin Wright?

      Jeff: We'll do all the things that your Robin Wright wouldn't do.

    • Dylan Truliner: Do you know what my dreams are, Robin? Robin? Can you see my dreams?

      Robin Wright: Four cockroaches playing poker on your lap, is that a dream?

      Dylan Truliner: Yes. But it's not mine.