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Child Machine

2023 · 96 min

It is a claustrophobic, high-stakes race against an artificial intelligence within a confined, remote setting.

Directed by: Rain Rannu
Genres: Science fiction, Comedy, Thriller
Starring: Johann Urb, Anna Elisabeth Leetmäe, Yulin Ng

Tagline: When AI goes rouge
Overview: 9-year old girl, vacationing with her parents in a remote bog, gets trapped in a secret bunker where an AI-startup is nearing the completion of super-intelligent AI. Both the girl and the AI want to escape.

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Directed by: Rain Rannu
Genres: Science fiction, Comedy, Thriller
Starring: Johann Urb, Anna Elisabeth Leetmäe, Yulin Ng

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: technology
survival
freedom
isolation
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	5
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: science fiction, comedy, thriller
Directed by: Rain Rannu
Written by: Rain Rannu
Starring: Johann Urb, Anna Elisabeth Leetmäe, Yulin Ng, Priit Pius, Ivo Uukkivi, Toomas Urb, Laura Peterson-Aardam, Adam Cullen
Music: Bert On Beats
Cinematography: Ants Tammik
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Estonia
Languages: English, Estonian

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