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The Laplace's Demon (2017)

The Laplace's Demon poster
Original title
Il demone di Laplace
Directed by
Giordano Giulivi
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of scientists on a remote island investigate a mysterious phenomenon tied to a deterministic theory. They confront questions about fate and choice as their own actions begin to align with the theory's predictions.

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What happens

The Laplace's Demon (Italian: Il demone di Laplace) is a 2017 Italian horror science fiction film directed by Giordano Giulivi. It premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal in 2017. The film is inspired by the causal determinism concept of the same name as formulated by Pierre-Simon Laplace and free will plays a central role in the plot. The Laplace's Demon relies heavily on rear-projection (rather than the today more common chroma key/green screen) to insert the actors into the environments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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