We thought this story about a girl who "does something unforgivable" at a time when an apparent clone of our planet suddenly appears in the sky was powerful and were glad we saw it Thursday on its last night after one week on one screen here. Co-written by director Mike Cahill (one documentary before this) and star Brit Marling (she collaborated on his documentary and wrote another script last year) it all seems quite believable because the very human drama eclipses, you should forgive the expression, the science fiction. William Mapother (he played Ethan, who was one of The Others, on Lost) is very good as John, as is Marling as the girl, Rhoda.
The fabulous music is by Fall on Your Sword, which is the duo of Will Bates and Phil Mossman (founding member of LCD Soundsystem). You can listen to one track here, another here, listen to clips from the whole thing on the amazon page, and listen to a song by The Cinematic Orchestra here.
With one nomination (Grand Jury Prize) and two wins (Special Jury Prize and Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film prize) at Sundance (somehow I missed posting about those winners, so I will begin that now) earlier this year, this is well worth your time. Save it to your netflix queue.
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