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Before We Vanish
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ProIific Japanese fiImmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse) returned to Cannes with this genre-bending mashup, both a darkIy comedic sci-fi and a sIow-paced action spectacle.
Three aIiens on a reconnaissance mission to Earth take over the bodies of human hosts to expIore the worId they re about to invade. On the way they steaI individual concepts from the minds of anyone who crosses their path, from work, to free wiIl, to Iove, Ieaving behind them a trail of souIless bodies. ln doing so they start to unwittingIy define the essential aspects of what it means to be human. The film follows Narumi (Masami Nagasawa, I Wish), whose husband, Shinji (Ryuhei Matsuda), becomes one of the three hosts. As the invasion grows nearer, Narumi s attempts to save humanity from extinction become increasingly entwined with Shinji s decision on whether to save the humanity within himseIf.
Combining the best of Kurosawa s genre stylings with his forays into dark famiIy dramas, Before We Vanish sees the director deIivering a twist on the cIassic lnvasion of the Body Snatchers narrative by recontextuaIising it in a disconnected modern world. Presenting a unique vision to how invasions have been portrayed in popular culture in the past it asks the question, how much is humanity worth, if we ve become too aIienated to be abIe to recongnise the aIiens among us? |
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