Crimes of the Future (2022)

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Genre

drama film, horror film, science fiction film, splatter film, biopunk, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Greece, Canada

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1,292 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future where human evolution is accelerating, a performance artist duo performs live surgery on each other as art. They become entangled with a government investigator and a group of body-modification enthusiasts.

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What happens

Crimes of the Future is a 2022 science fiction body horror drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. It follows a performance artist duo (Mortensen and Seydoux) who perform surgery for audiences in a future where human evolution has accelerated for much of the population. Although the film shares its title with Cronenberg's 1970 film of the same name, it is not a remake, as the story and concept are unrelated. The film marked Cronenberg's return to the science fiction and horror genres for the first time since Existenz (1999). An international co-production of Canadian, French, British, and Greek companies, Crimes of the Future had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received a six-minute standing ovation. The film received a theatrical release in France on May 25, 2022, opened in Canada on June 3, 2022, and had a same day limited release in the United States. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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