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Information
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 85 min.
- Director
- Claire Carré
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rating *
- 5.4
- Votes *
- 53
- Checks
- 92
- Favs
- 4
- Dislikes
- 2
- Favs/checks
- 4.3% (1:23)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Embers proposes a dystopian future where a virus has taken away most of humanity's ability to retain memories. We follow several characters in this arrested society, exploring the question of whether we really are the sum of our experiences, or if a basic personality exists as a series of feelings and instincts. For some, emotion is the only reality - the couple who wonder if they're together every morning, for example, or the sociopathic youth the end credits call Chaos - others treat their former selves as something to discover and understand, like the published scientist. And then there's the girl down in a bunker, isolated from the virus with her father. She has memory, but is bored and listless. Here we have forgetting as a possible liberation, the potential for joy in rediscovery. A quiet, thoughtful film that deserves some attention. 7 years 3 months ago