Science Fiction · Thriller
Australian
2014 · Directed by Peter Spierig & Michael Spierig · 98 min
A temporal agent works through a career of missions scattered across several decades, and one last assignment awaits him. Much of the film plays out as a quiet conversation in a bar, where a stranger's story slowly draws the agent in. The tone is melancholy, dry and tightly plotted.
Why it matters in cinema history
A well-regarded adaptation of a Golden Age science-fiction author, and part of the 2010s run of intimate, idea-driven time-travel films that favoured puzzle and character over effects.
Watch with intention
Give every conversation your full attention: in this film, how people talk is as important as what happens.
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