“In the near future, people may sell part of their lives, giving it to other people through groundbreaking technology that transformed a small biotech company AEON into a multi-billion dollar corporation and changed the world forever. Max and Elena live an almost perfect life, but everything changes in the blink of an eye due to an unforeseen insurance debt that they are unable to cover. To settle it, Elena must “pay” forty years of her life. Deprived of a future together, the couple tries to put their lives back together. Max, as an employee of AEON, tries with all his might to bring back her lost years,” we read in the description of the production on Netflix.
The director of the show produced in Germany is Boris Kunz. The script was written by Peter Kocyla and Simon Amebrger. The latter also produced the film together with Korbinian Dufter and Rafael Parente. The cast includes Irin Berben, Kostja Ullmann, Numan Acar, Alina Levshin, Corinna Kirchhoff, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Marlene Tanczik, Lorna Ishema and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen. The film adaptation even received an IFTA nomination for best special effects.
The film intrigues from the first minutes. The world the viewer enters is incredibly atmospheric, gloomy. Max and Ellen’s story is an unusual glimpse into the future that may await us. Even more so while watching the film, the curiosity about how the action will be resolved grows. The film does not give us the answer right away, it forces us to be patient. We guarantee that the screening will keep you in suspense until the end credits! You can watch the trailer here. And if you like the movie “Race Against Time” (2011) with Justin Timberlake, you will love this production even more.
“It’s well done, thought provoking film, set in the near future. It’s the kind of science fiction that feels closer to science than fiction,” wrote Stephen Romei, a top critic, on Rotten Tomatoes.
“This is a funny and thought-provoking dystopian tale. science fiction about aging and the huge gap between the very rich and the very poor” added Brian Costello.
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