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Replica

2015

A quiet, unsettling near-future drama that turns grief into a cold ethical dilemma, lingering long after it ends.

Directed by
Luc Walpoth
Genres
Science fiction, Drama
Starring
Carole Brana, Jérôme Robart, Evaëlle Brocard
Overview
Sometime in the future: Amy and Christophe are a couple living in a functional and materialistic world. When their android "daughter" has to be shut down due to technical problems, Amy seeks an unconventional way to overcome her grief. A gripping science fiction short film by Swiss director Luc Walpoth. Amy cannot accept that her android "daughter" has technical problems and has to be shut down. Her husband Christophe promises her a new child. But in a moment of rashness, Amy picks up the human child Sophie from the street, thereby upsetting the strictly segregated social order.

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Directed by
Luc Walpoth
Genres
Science fiction, Drama
Starring
Carole Brana, Jérôme Robart, Evaëlle Brocard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
science fiction, drama
Directed by
Luc Walpoth
Written by
Klaus Pas, Luc Walpoth
Starring
Carole Brana, Jérôme Robart, Evaëlle Brocard, Luna Hofmann, Nicolas Buchoux, Patricia Bopp, Nicolas Wan Park
Languages
French

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