The Congress
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The Congress

Ari Folman
Year of release in Luxembourg 2013
Year of release in Luxembourg 2013
Director Ari Folman
Luxembourg producer PAUL THILTGES DISTRIBUTIONS
In co-production with
  • Bridgit Folman Film Gang (IL)
  • Pandora Film (DE)
  • Opus Film (PL)
  • ARP Selection (FR)
  • Entre Chien et Loup (BE)
Script Ari Folman, based on a novel by Stanislav Lem
Original version
  • English
Duration 120 minutes
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Cast and crew
Cast

    Robin Wright
    Harvey Keitel
    Jon Hamm
    Paul Giamatti
    Kodi Smit-McPhee
    Danny Huston
    Sami Gayle
    Michael Stahi-David
    Michael Landes
    Sarah Shahi
    Frances Fisher

Crew

    Dop: Michal Englert
    Editor: Nili Feller
    Set Decorator: Gia Grosso
    Production Designer: David Polonsky
    Music: Max Richter
    animation: Studio 352

Synopsis

Robin Wright, playing the role of herself, gets an offer from a major studio to sell her cinematic identity: she’ll be numerically scanned and sampled so that her alias can be used with no restrictions in all kinds of Hollywood films – even the most commercial ones that she previously refused. In exchange she receives loads of money, but more importantly, the studio agrees to keep her digitalized character forever young – for all eternity – in all of their films. The contract is valid for 20 years. The Congress follows Robin as she makes her comeback after the contract expires, straight into the world of future fantasy cinema

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