The Congress (2013 film)
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French promotional poster
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| Directed by | Ari Folman |
| Produced by | Diana Elbaum David Grumbach Eitan Mansuri Jeremiah Samuels |
| Screenplay by | Ari Folman |
| Based on |
The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem |
| Starring | Robin Wright |
| Music by | Max Richter |
| Cinematography | Michal Englert |
| Edited by | Nili Feller |
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Pandora Filmproduktion
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| Distributed by | ARP Sélection (France) Drafthouse Films (US) |
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Running time
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123 minutes |
| Country | France Israel Belgium Poland Luxembourg Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €8 million |
| Box office | $356,172 |
The Congress (Hebrew: כנס העתידנים) is a 2013 French-Israeli live-action/animation science fiction drama film written and directed by Ari Folman. The film 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.
Robin Wright plays a fictional version of herself, an aging actress with a reputation for being fickle and unreliable, so much so that nobody is willing to offer her roles. Her son, Aaron, suffers from Usher syndrome that is slowly destroying his sight and hearing. With the help of Dr. Barker (Paul Giamatti), Robin is barely able to stave off the worst effects of her son's decline. Robin agrees to sell the film rights to her digital image to Miramount Studios (a portmanteau of Miramax and Paramount) in exchange for a hefty sum of money and the promise to never act again. After her body is digitally scanned, the studio will be able to make films starring her, using only computer-generated characters.
Twenty years later, as her contract is about to expire, Robin travels to Abrahama City where she will speak at Miramount's "Futurological Congress" and also renew her contract. By then, Robin's digital likeness has become the star of a popular science-fiction film franchise, "Rebel Robot Robin". Abrahama City is an animated zone, where individuals use chemicals to become animated avatars of themselves, entering a mutable illusory state, they can become anything they want to be. While discussing the new contract with Miramount, Robin learns that the studio has developed a new technology that will allow anyone to transform themselves into her.
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