Colin Farrellis a dad on a mission inAfter Yang.
The 45-year-old actor stars alongsideJodie Turner-Smithin the upcoming science-fiction drama about a father, Jake (Farrell), who seeks answers behind a certain type of artificial intelligence for the sake of his daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja).
“When his young daughter’s beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him,” an official synopsis of theKogonada-directed film reads as thetrailer dropped Tuesday morning.
“In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Smith, 35) and daughter across a distance he didn’t know was there,” the synopsis adds.
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Justin H. Min inAfter Yang(2022).A24
Colin Farrell inAfter Yang(2022).A24
Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy) also stars as Yang, who is shown in the trailer posing for photos alongside his “family” members before he goes offline/unconscious.
“If we can’t get Yang fixed, we’re not gonna buy another sibling for Mika,” says Smith’s character, Kyra.
When Jake meets with a man who lets him know Yang’s issue is “an interior core problem,” he also sinisterly tells Jake, “We’ve always known that some bots are equipped with spyware.”
“You might not want this bot in your house anymore,” he adds, before therest of the trailer plays outin a way that likely leaves viewers with questions about life, love — and the extent to how we have let technology into our lives.
Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Justin H. Min inAfter Yang(2022).A24
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Giving the film an A-, Ehrlichwrote in part, “It’s in the space between that blast of noise and the numbness that follows where the movie finds its power.”
" ‘There is no something without nothing,’ Yang says, leaving you to wonder what part of you might be left when you can offload your most personal moments to the cloud," Ehrlich added. “How are people expected to be present when robots contain all of our pasts?”
After Yangpremieres in theaters and streams on Showtime March 4.
source: people.com
