The Congress (NR)
synopsis
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom, aging actress Robin Wright (playing a version of herself) decides to preserve her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Her alias will be controlled by Miramount Studios, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return she receives compensation so she can care for her ailing son, and her digitized character will stay forever young. Twenty years later under the creative vision of the studio's head animator, Wright's digital double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to take part in "The Congress" convention as she makes her comeback straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.
details
Animation, SciFi/Fantasy
2 hr. 2 min.
Opened August 29th, 2014
MovieGoer Review
The Congress's imperfections will not go unnoticed. Some of the movie's more ambitious antics betray the fraying margins of a somewhat unfocused scope - when a film's principal conquest is to channel the ubiquitous pains of simply being, yo... MORE
synopsis
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom, aging actress Robin Wright (playing a version of herself) decides to preserve her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Her alias will be controlled by Miramount Studios, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return she receives compensation so she can care for her ailing son, and her digitized character will stay forever young. Twenty years later under the creative vision of the studio's head animator, Wright's digital double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to take part in "The Congress" convention as she makes her comeback straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.
details
Animation, SciFi/Fantasy
2 hr. 2 min.
Opened August 29th, 2014
MovieGoer Review
The Congress's imperfections will not go unnoticed. Some of the movie's more ambitious antics betray the fraying margins of a somewhat unfocused scope - when a film's principal conquest is to channel the ubiquitous pains of simply being, yo... MORE
