PREVIEW: After Yang (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Justin H. Min (The Better Half), Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja (film debut), Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen), Ritchie Coster (The Bounty Hunter), Sarita Choudhury (Lady in the Water), Clifton Collins Jr. (Jockey), Deborah Hedwall (Dirt)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kogonada (Columbus), director, writer, editor; Andrew Goldman (Beach Rats), Caroline Kaplan (Letters to Juliet), Paul Mezey (Maria Full of Grace) and Theresa Park (The Longest Ride), producers; Aska Matsumiya (Bruised), composer; Benjamin Loeb (Mandy), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the near future, Jake (Farrell) and Kyra (Turner-Smith) have adopted young Mika (Tjandrawidjaja) as well as Yang (Min), an android companion. However, when Yang begins to malfunction, Jake searches for a way to repair him, but comes to find an unexpected distance between him and his family…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This soulful sci-fi drama from filmmaker Kogonada and starring Colin Farrell explores loss, grief and family through the concept of a malfunctioning robot boy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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