Renaissance2006

Director
Christian Volckman

Acters

Daniel Craig (Barthélémy Karas)
Romola Garai (Ilona Tasuiev)
Ian Holm (Jonas Muller)
Kevork Malikyan (Nusrat Farfella)
Catherine McCormack (Bislane Tasuiev)
Jonathan Pryce (Paul Dellenbach)

Live forever or die trying.

Paris, 2054: a dark motion-captured world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what’s going on. Ilona’s mentor, Avalon’s vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane’s drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What’s behind the kidnapping? Who’s the victim?

“The picture is visually stark – at times imagining Fritz Lang had directed The Matrix – and isolated compositions, spiked with high contrast menace, are impressive in their artistic detail.” – Empire

“The visuals of Christian Volckman’s film blow away just about everything else on the screen this year.” – Boston Phoenix

“It’s a testament to the production design that one quickly gets caught up in the story without ever completely losing the ‘ooh-ahh’ factor. Ominous, wall-to-wall music bolsters the appropriately uneasy mood, and the bittersweet conclusion is satisfying.” – Variety