Another End | sci-fi romantic drama starring Gael García Bernal

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Gael García Bernal Wants to Download His Wife In 'Another End'

Sci-fi and Romance fans, unite! The first image from the upcoming drama Another End has been released. The movie stars Gael García Bernal (Cassandro) and Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) as pretty different star-crossed lovers. In the story, people who lost a loved one are able to implant the dead person’s memories into a rented body. Reinsve plays Zoe, the woman whose body is used as vessel for Bernal’s character’s dead wife.

While the new image is not very revealing, it brings Bernal front and center and makes it clear that his character Sal is obviously grieving. He’s standing inside a futuristic-looking tunnel that might be the facility in which the procedure to bring back his wife’s memories is done. Aside from Bernal and Reinsve, the cast of Another End also features Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Olivia Williams (The Crown) and Pal Aron (About Time).

The movie is directed by Piero Messina (The Wait). Back in 2023, the Italian director talked to Variety about the project and revealed what notes he hopes to hit with Another End:

“The idea is to make a science fiction film that is also love story. It’s the tale of two people who have loved each other, and continue to love each other, even after one of them dies. I worked with the possibilities of this paradox of loving someone who is in another body.”

[s2mikey]

Might be cool, but doesn’t Wonder Woman 1984 do this?

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I attended an advance screening last week followed by a Q&A with the director. I thought it was very good and was surprised to find out afterward that it was panned by critics. I usually agree with the general consensus of movie reviews, but not this time.

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Might be cool, but doesn’t Wonder Woman 1984 do this?

This sounds like it's not quite as rapey as that.

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Tentative release date: Sept 19th.

Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve Sci-Fi Film ‘Another End’ Sells to Sunrise for U.S.

Sunrise Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Italian director Piero Messina’s unconventional sci-fi film “Another End” starring Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve (“The Worst Person in the World”) star as lovers caught in an unusual bind.

Sunrise Films, a U.K.-based production and distribution company headed by Rupert Preston and Nigel Williams, acquired the film from France’s Studio TF1.

The plan is to release “Another End” in U.S. theatres on Sept. 19.

Set in a near-future when a new technology exists that can put the consciousness of a dead person back into a living body in an attempt to ease the grief of separation, the English-language film sees Bernal play Sal, a man who loses his wife. Reinsve plays Zoe, the woman who rents her body for the implantation of Bernal’s wife’s consciousness. Rounding out the cast are Bérénice Bejo, as Sal’s sister Ebe, and
Olivia Williams (“Dune: Prophecy”).

“Another End,” which world premiered positively from the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, is produced
by Italy’s Indigo Film with RAI Cinema. It marks Messina’s followup to “The Wait” starring Juliette Binoche, that had launched from Venice.

“Piero Messina’s melancholy sci-fi romance has too many obvious forebears for its twists to pack much surprise, but the attractive cast and polished filmmaking offer pleasures of their own,” wrote critic Jessica Kiang in her Variety review.

Sunrise’s head of U.S. and International distribution Andrew Nerger called “Another End” “a rare film that manages to be both deeply moving and visually audacious,” he said in a statement, adding: “With Piero Messina’s singular vision and an extraordinary international cast, we’re proud to bring this beautiful story to U.S. audiences.”

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Might be cool, but doesn’t Wonder Woman 1984 do this?

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