BLISS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), Salma Hayek (Frida), Madeline Zima (Crazy Kind of Love), DeRon Horton (Roman J. Israel, Esq.), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Bumblebee), Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Nesta Cooper (The Edge of Seventeen), Steve Zissis (The Front Runner), Dayne Catalano (Intrusion)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mike Cahill (Another Earth), director, writer; James D. Stern (I’m Not There), producer; Will Bates (I Origins), composer; Markus Förderer (Independence Day: Resurgence), cinematographer; Troy Takaki (Hitch), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Greg (Wilson), who is recently divorced, meets an enchanting woman named Isabel (Hayek), who is convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a simulation inside of a much more beautiful and peaceful real world. Soon, Greg begins to discover that Isabel’s theories might have some truth to them…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker Mike Cahill, the guy behind thoughtful sci-fi dramas Another Earth and I Origins, presents a new and even more cerebral story that puts an intriguing new spin on a plot you’d find in The Matrix.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2021

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