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For more than 20 years, the Dramatic Competition has offered a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film. Fueled by fierce creativity and vision, these 16 films are guaranteed to leave a lasting impact on the next generation of cinema. Another Earth DIRECTOR: Mike Cahill SCREENWRITERS: Mike Cahill, Brit Marling U.S.A., 2011, 90 min., color When Rhonda Williams, a beautiful, bright MIT astrophysics student, leans out of her U.S. Dramatic car window to catch sight of a newly discovered planet, she slams into a minivan, Competition killing a man’s family. After serving four years in prison, she returns home and feels compelled to meet the bereaved husband and father who was left behind. This tenth, new planet, which now can be seen in the sky, is a mirror planet. An essay contest is being held with the winner granted a spot on a civilian space shuttle to visit the planet. Having been burned by her passions, Rhonda wonders, what would a mirror version of herself, someone who had made different choices, be like? In this auspicious debut, director Mike Cahill offers a taut, superbly conceived science-fiction romance that marks the emergence of the multitalented actor/screenwriter Brit Marling. Marrying character with high concept, Another Earth lures audiences to go where no one has gone before.—S.F. ExP: Tyler Brodie, Paul Mezey Pr: Hunter Gray, Mike Cahill, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker AsP: Phaedon Papadopoulos Mu: Fall on Your Sword Ca: James Calleri, Paul Davis Principal Cast: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage Monday, January 24, 12:15 p.m.
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