PREVIEW: Swan Song (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Naomie Harris (No Time to Die), Awkwafina (The Farewell), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy), Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers), Lee Shorten (In the End), Dax Rey (Unicorn), Nyasha Hatendi (The Front Runner), JayR Tinaco (Always Be My Maybe), Luke Camilleri (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief), Jessica Hayles (film debut), Christine Laliberté (film debut), Shema Cayden (film debut), Mikayla Lagman (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Benjamin Cleary (film debut), director, writer; Mahershala Ali (We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest), Rebecca Bourke (film debut), Jonathan King (On the Basis of Sex), Jacob Perlin (The Amazing Johnathan Documentary), Adam Shulman (The Loft) and Mimi Valdes (Roxanne Roxanne), producers; Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things), composer; Masanobu Takayanagi (Spotlight), cinematographer; Nathan Nugent (Room), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the near future, Cameron (Ali) is a loving husband and father who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Unwilling to let his family experience the grief of his eventual passing, he is presented an alternative experimental option by Dr. Scott (Close): a clone, genetically engineered to look, sound and feel exactly like Cameron, would take the real Cameron’s place. This radical new choice soon forces Cameron to confront his biggest fears about leaving his loved ones behind…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This original, thought-provoking and devastatingly emotional sci-fi drama features not one but two knockout turns by Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali, who also produces this tender cloning saga.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON APPLE TV+

 

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