PARENTS WILL do anything to help their children get ahead, and apparently it’ll be no different hundreds of years from now, according to this indie sci-fi drama.
The film is set in an almost unrecognizable New York, where unemployment and violence have amplified. Gwen (Jacqueline Kim) is the face of a company that markets youth-sustaining medical procedures, but finds herself given a pink slip as she ages out of desirability.
With her daughter about to enter an expensive school, and a lifetime of prostitution a bona fide possibility, Gwen agrees to be a test subject for a new procedure — a full transfer of consciousness to a new, younger body.
You’ve seen enough movies to know it won’t go as planned, but director Jennifer Phang‘s low-budget film is extraordinary in the sly way it dishes out the details. There’s just enough to make the future world feel real, but each scene still surprises. This is dark stuff, but a striking humanity shines through.
