Dark Matter (2007)

Directed by

Chen Shi-Zheng

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Chinese scientist struggles with politics, ego, and cultural insensitivity as he works in an American university. His rising ambitions clash with the people around him, leading to tragic consequences.

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What happens

Dark Matter is a 2007 American drama film and the first feature film by opera director Chen Shi-zheng, starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. Liu Ye plays a young scientist whose rising star must confront the dark forces of politics, ego, and cultural insensitivity. The film is loosely inspired by the true story of Gang Lu, a former graduate student who killed four faculty members and one student at the University of Iowa in 1991. However, the film’s story has substantial differences in plot and character motivation. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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