Drama · Science Fiction · Mystery
American
2016 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min
Twelve enormous, silent craft appear above different parts of the Earth, and governments scramble to learn why. A linguist is brought in to find a way to talk to the visitors, in a story that is quieter, more patient and more human than its scale suggests.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining science-fiction film of the 2010s, it showed that a major studio could release a slow, adult, idea-driven alien-contact story and have it succeed with both critics and audiences.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about communication: how people try to be understood across barriers, and how much meaning sits in small gestures.
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