In a world completely devastated by climate change, the wealthiest live in a sealed, artificially purified and controlled environment. Even reproductive rights are strictly controlled. A couple who wants to become parents have to go through an assessment. For seven days, they are subjected to a simulation of parenthood by an adult certified assessor really bringing her A-game in playing… a child! Fleur Fortuné drew inspiration from her own difficult path to motherhood for this Kafkaesque dystopia about a technostate that interferes in every fiber of human life, down to the most personal of domains. A warning for the direction we’re not unlikely heading towards, whose stunning visuals and tight script only play second fiddle to show-stopping turns by leads Elizabeth Olsen and Alicia Vikander!
INFO
Original Title : THE ASSESSMENT
Director : Fleur Fortuné
Screenplay : Mrs & Mr Thomas & John Donnelly
Cast : Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen & Himesh Patel
DOP : Magnus Jønck
Producer : Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen, Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo & Grant S. Johnson
Production : Augenschein Filmproduktion / Number 9 Films / Project Infinity / ShivHans Pictures / Tiki Tane Pictures
Distribution : Number 9 Films
World Sales : Amazon Prime Video