PREVIEW: I’m Your Man (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Maren Eggert (Marseille), Dan Stevens (The Guest), Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann), Hans Löw (Bye Bye Germany), Wolfgang Hübsch (Bride of the Wind), Annika Meier (The Captain), Falilou Seck (The Hannas), Jürgen Tarrach (Jerry Cotton), Henriette Richter-Röhl (Grenzverkehr)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Maria Schrader (Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe), director, writer; Jan Schomburg (Lose My Self), writer; Lisa Blumenberg (film debut), producer; Tobias Wagner (Above Us Only Sky), composer; Benedict Neuenfels (Styx), cinematographer; Hansjörg Weißbrich (The Colony), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In order to obtain funding for her research and studies, scientist Alma (Eggert) agrees to participate in a highly unusual experiment, where she will live for three weeks with Tom (Stevens), a humanoid robot designed and programmed to make her happy…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

German filmmaker Maria Schrader returns with a strange sci-fi drama that’s like if Ex Machina was more like a romantic-comedy, featuring Dan Stevens as the AI designed to be the perfect man.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH AUGUST 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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