The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet’s charismatic principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio) is unwittingly enlisted into a military program that subjects him to sinister experiments. Amid this turmoil, he finds himself enamoured with a cleaner, the only person who shows him kindness; together, these two outsiders dream of escape from their dystopian surrounds.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Asif KapadiaDirector
- Ruth LittleWriter
- Vincenzo LamagnaOriginal Music Composer
- Akram KhanWriter
Cast
- Jeffrey CirioCreature
- Erina TakahashiMarie
- Stina QuagebeurDoctor
- Ken SaruhashiCaptain
- Fabian ReimairMajor
- Victor PrigentAndres
- Andy Serkis(voice)
- Georgia BouldArmy
- Isabelle BrouwersArmy
- Ivana BuenoArmy
- Carolyne GalvaoArmy
- Emma HawesArmy