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Fast Color (2018)

Fast Color poster
Directed by
Julia Hart
Genre
drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 229 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with supernatural abilities tries to hide from the authorities who want to study her. She returns to her family home and reconnects with her mother and daughter, who share her powers.

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What happens

Fast Color is a 2018 American superhero drama film directed by Julia Hart from a screenplay by Hart and Jordan Horowitz. Horowitz produced the film along with Mickey Lidell and Pete Shilaimon. It stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, Christopher Denham and David Strathairn, and tells the story of Ruth (Mbatha-Raw), a woman with supernatural powers on the run from law enforcement and scientists who want to study and control her. The project was announced in January 2017, along with Mbatha-Raw's casting and that LD Entertainment would be fully financing the project. Principal photography began on March 13, 2017 in New Mexico and lasted for 28 days. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2018. It was released on April 19, 2019, by Lionsgate and Codeblack Films. The film received positive reviews from critics with praise directed at Mbatha-Raw's performance and its uniqueness compared to other superhero films, but with criticism aimed at the script. A television series based on the film is in development at Amazon Studios, with Viola Davis' JuVee Productions producing, and with the film's original writers returning to script the show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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