Inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 short La Jetée, Asif Kapadia’s 2073 is a sci-fi thriller blending reality and fiction to deliver a cautionary tale about humanity’s future. The film stars two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton as a survivor haunted by visions of the past.
2073 had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The film was also screened at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival, the 13th Montclair Film Festival, the 68th BFI London Film Festival, and the 15th DOC NYC.
Release Date
Directed by Asif Kapadia, 2073 opens in select theaters in US on December 27, 2024.
Synopsis
It’s the year 2073, and the worst fears of modern life have been realized. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarized police roam the wrecked streets, while survivors hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and speculative nonfiction, Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia (Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present moment. Two-time Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (In America, Sweet and Lowdown, Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past—a past that happens to be our present, visualized through contemporary footage interconnecting today’s global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and global climate change. 2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.
Reviews
Peter Bradshaw in a Guardian review gave the film a score of 3/5, writing, “2073 is certainly a relevant shout of rage against the authoritarian forces despoiling our democracy and our environment — and the bland and complaisant naivety that’s letting it happen.”
Yasmine Kandil in an AwardsWatch review gave the film a score of B+, writing, “Though the fictional segments of the film are undoubtedly weaker and feels like a rehashing of the plethora of dystopian sci-fi stories that came before it, interwoven with the documentary footage, Ghost’s life story becomes haunting.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer 2 for 2073.
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