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Aug 29, 2014 · The film's central question is heartbreaking and clearly required a little soul searching from Folman. His cartoon world is like Plato's retreat for animation buffs. Everywhere you look there are traces of Max Fleischer, Frank Tashlin, R Crumb, Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Studio Ghibli and, of course, Bakshi. It's a wriggling, hilarious headtrip ...
The Congress is a 2013 live-action/animated science-fiction drama film written and directed by Ari Folman, based on Stanisław Lem's 1971 Polish science-fiction novel The Futurological Congress. It stars Robin Wright as a fictionalized version of herself who agrees to have a film studio use a digital clone of her in any film they want.
- €8 million
- Max Richter
- Diana Elbaum, David Grumbach, Eitan Mansuri, Jeremiah Samuels
- Robin Wright
In 2013, The Congress won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 26th European Film Awards. Scout Tafoya gave the movie 3½ stars in a 2014 review at RogerEbert.com, saying: "'The Congress' is a roll call of the orgiastic pleasures and bountiful comforts that art provides, and, a reminder of what waits for us when we leave the theater."
- Ari Folman
- Robin Wright
- Ari Folman
Aug 29, 2014 · Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Jim M The first half of this movie was pretty good but left me thinking "what are they going to do in the second half". Well, they ...
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- Sci-Fi
- Ari Folman
The Congress – a skittish sci-fi drama based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem – at least proves he is no one-trick pony. If anything it makes its case too strongly. The Congress contains tricks ...
Jul 24, 2014 · The Congress: Directed by Ari Folman. With Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Sami Gayle, Jon Hamm. An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Aug 28, 2014 · The Congress is part animation, part live action. Courtesy of Drafthouse Films. That, at least, is the first 45 minutes. After Robin gets scanned, the film jumps forward 20 years, shifts into ...
