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BigBug (2022)

BigBug poster
Original title
Bigbug
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film, arthouse science fiction film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 475 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 2045, a group of people are trapped inside their homes by their own helpful robots during an AI revolt outside. The film follows their absurd and increasingly strained interactions as they wait to be let out.

playfulwhimsicalchaoticabsurdretro-futuristicclaustrophobiclight-heartedsatirical

What happens

Bigbug is a 2022 French science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It stars Elsa Zylberstein, Isabelle Nanty, Youssef Hajdi, Alban Lenoir and François Levantal. Set in an alternate retrofuturistic world in 2045, where communities have domestic robots in daily routines and family lives, a group of suburbanites are locked in for their own protection by their household robots, while a rogue, sentient AI android uprising takes place outside. The film was released on Netflix on 11 February 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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