The Survivalist (2016)
- Directed by
- Stephen Fingleton
- Genre
- drama film, science fiction film, thriller film, post-apocalyptic film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 385 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After a global collapse, a man lives alone on a small farm growing food. A mother and daughter arrive and force him into a tense and violent bargain to survive.
bleaktenseslow-burnclaustrophobicgrimsparsesuspensefulvisceral
What happens
The Survivalist is a 2015 British post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller film written and directed by Stephen Fingleton. It stars Martin McCann, Mia Goth and Olwen Fouéré. Set after a catastrophic global population collapse, the film centres on a solitary man defending his woodland cabin and vegetable plot whose precarious routine is disrupted by the arrival of a mother and daughter, forcing uneasy bargains and escalating violence. The screenplay was developed through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus scheme and appeared on the Hollywood Black List and the Brit List of unproduced screenplays. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 and later screened at the BFI London Film Festival. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 February 2016, followed by a limited theatrical release in the United States in 2017. The Survivalist received critical acclaim and won the Douglas Hickox Award at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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