Watched this on a plane, and a few times considered turning it off simply because so little of the film hung together properly.
In this eco-unfriendly world those not living in cities are apparently barely able to feed themselves, live in squalor and filth, and yet weirdly have some technical marvels that defy belief. The landscape is clearly alive, yet the entire savior of rural humanity rests on seeds that must be modified by a 13-year-old at what appears to be a magic workbench. Gravity-defying avatars are fixable by shoving spoons inside of them, yet heat and light are barely attainable luxuries. Electricity comes from what appears to be some super fluid dropped into a still.
Anyway, the art direction is rich, detailed, and depressing. The accompanying story is sadly a mess. The actors are given so little to work with that they come across as flat. (OK, the evil uncle at least conveys slimy menace.) And the ending is inexplicable in detail if not in purpose:
Did someone tell her to climb the giant observation tower of old furniture and, who knows, bones? Do GMO beans suddenly take wing when subjected to sunlight and a stiff breeze? Does anyone even know how to farm, because our heroine appears to have thrown away their collective future to satisfy the directors' desire for a Big Closing Gesture.
I'll give this a 6 for being different and a Lithuanian/Belgian/French production. Don't see that everyday.
In this eco-unfriendly world those not living in cities are apparently barely able to feed themselves, live in squalor and filth, and yet weirdly have some technical marvels that defy belief. The landscape is clearly alive, yet the entire savior of rural humanity rests on seeds that must be modified by a 13-year-old at what appears to be a magic workbench. Gravity-defying avatars are fixable by shoving spoons inside of them, yet heat and light are barely attainable luxuries. Electricity comes from what appears to be some super fluid dropped into a still.
Anyway, the art direction is rich, detailed, and depressing. The accompanying story is sadly a mess. The actors are given so little to work with that they come across as flat. (OK, the evil uncle at least conveys slimy menace.) And the ending is inexplicable in detail if not in purpose:
Did someone tell her to climb the giant observation tower of old furniture and, who knows, bones? Do GMO beans suddenly take wing when subjected to sunlight and a stiff breeze? Does anyone even know how to farm, because our heroine appears to have thrown away their collective future to satisfy the directors' desire for a Big Closing Gesture.
I'll give this a 6 for being different and a Lithuanian/Belgian/French production. Don't see that everyday.