Cloud Atlas Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA 2012 – 172min.

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Cloud Atlas

Valérie Lobsiger
Movie Rating: Valérie Lobsiger

Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski tell six stories stretched out over 500 years, each one having an impact on the others.

Sailing the Pacific in 1849 and discovering slavery there, Adam Ewin writes everything in his journal, which is read by Robert Frobisher, a penniless musician who soon finds work with composer Vyvyan Ayrs in 1932. Frobisher tells the story to his lover Rufus Sixsmiths in letters he sends to him until the end of his life. In 1975, Sixsmiths, now a scientist, is assassinated as he delivers a secret file to Luisa Rey, a journalist investigating a dangerous and confidential nuclear project. In 2012, editor Timothy Cavendish has possession of Rey's manuscript, but he is held prisoner in an institution so that the document will never be published. In Korea in 2144, a totalitarian state manufactures female clones. One of them, Sonmi 451, develops a conscience and calls for rebellion...

In their adaptation of David Mitchen's novel, Tom Tykwer (Perfum), Andy and Lana Wachowski (Matrix) strive to show how every action, god or bad, has an impact on the actions of others and that every meeting affects the future. Thanks, we knew that! Three hours later, the audience leaves the theater exhausted by the complex intrigue of this grandiloquent spectacle and the multiple roles of the actors.

10.11.2020

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ver.onique.359

11 years ago

Really enjoyed it, I had read the book before which I guessed helped a lot because the intrigue can be hard to follow, especially in the first part. I think that's a universal rule that the book is always better than the movie, but they've done a pretty good job on that one!


ver.onique.359

11 years ago

Really enjoyed it, I had read the book before which I guessed helped a lot because the intrigue can be hard to follow, especially in the first part. I think that's a universal rule that the book is always better than the movie, but they've done a pretty good job on that one!


sorion

11 years ago

Impressively realised, excellent actors, beautiful imagery. I really liked the film, though I felt like there was one important strand missing from the interwoven project.


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