The Congress (2013)

Name: The Congress
Director: Ari Folman
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Animation
Released: 2013-07-03
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Cast: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Drama Science Fiction Animation

Director: Ari Folman

Cast: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Runtime123 min

Rating15

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An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

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Directed by Ari Folman, The Congress (2013) is a captivating blend of live-action and animation that explores themes of identity, fame, and the power of technology. Featuring a standout performance from Robin Wright playing a fictionalized version of herself, the film offers a visually stunning and thought-provoking experience that will particularly resonate with fans of inventive sci-fi narratives.

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The Congress is a 2013 English-language live-action/animated science-fiction drama film written and directed by Ari Folman, based on Stanisław Lem's 1971 Polish science-fiction novel The Futurological Congress. It stars Robin Wright as a fictionalized version of herself who agrees to have a film studio use a digital clone of her in any film they want. The Congress then flashes forward twenty years later to her travels in the studio's animated utopia world, where anyone can become an avatar of themselves, but are required to use hallucinogenic drugs to enter a mutable illusory state. The Congress premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2013. Independent film distributor Drafthouse Films announced, along with Films We Like In Toronto, their co-acquisition of the North American rights to the film and a US theatrical and VOD/digital release planned for 2014.