Metropia
Someone is listening to your thoughts
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 16, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Tarik Saleh | |
Screenwriting by | Tarik Saleh, Stig Larsson & Fredrik Edin | |
Composition by | Krister Linder | |
Director of Photography: | Sesse Lind | |
Voice: | Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Alexander Skarsgård & Sofia Helin |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
Sinister fantasy enthusiasts will revel in Saleh's bold effort, but for the rest, there's little enjoyment to be had.
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CinemaBlend
Corporate conspiracy, urban alienation and mind control through shampoo are stirred up in Tarik Saleh's animated science fiction dystopia...
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Seanax.com
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Technically innovative but narratively moribund.
New York Times
Metropia treads a well-worn Orwellian path (see: Brazil, 1985) but Tarik Saleh's debut compensates for the lack of narrative invention with stunning visuals.
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sbs.com.au
Product Description:
A man who hears voices in his head discovers he's not crazy, but something far worse is going on in this animated sci-fi drama from director Tarik Saleh. It's the year 2024, and the global oil supply ha finally bottomed out; poverty is widespread, and with automobiles no longer practical, a system of underground trains links most of the cities of Europe. Roger Olafsson (voice of Vincent Gallo) is a low-level office worker who spends his days toiling away in a telephone center and his night cooped up in a tiny flat. One day, Roger begins hearing a voice in his head; the voice tells Roger that it is his conscience, and that he should take a chance and approach Nina (voice of Juliette Lewis), a beautiful woman he's seen while riding the train. Roger decides to take the voice's advice, but it turns out that he's actually been hearing messages from Stefan (voice of Alexander Skarsgard), a functionary of the all-powerful Trexx Corporation, and he's not trying to start a romance by pairing Roger and Nina, but tie the unsuspecting telephone worker into a plot involving a gang of terrorists. Also featuring the voice talents of Udo Kier and Stellan Skarsgard, METROPIA was screened as part of the "Critics' Week" program at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival.