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Songbird (2020)

Songbird poster
Directed by
Adam Mason
Genre
dystopian film, romantic thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 795 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a near future, a strict and brutal lockdown is enforced by an authoritarian government during a mutating virus outbreak. The film follows several characters trying to survive and connect under these harsh conditions.

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What happens

Songbird is a 2020 American dystopian science fiction thriller film based on the COVID-19 pandemic. It was directed by Adam Mason, who wrote the screenplay with Simon Boyes. Produced by Michael Bay, Adam Goodman, Andrew Sugerman and Eben Davidson, the film features an ensemble cast of KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser and Demi Moore, depicting their struggle living under a highly strict and brutal quarantine by the highly authoritarian government in the midst of a mutating virus outbreak. The film was released on December 11, 2020. It received generally negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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