Film screening: Aniara

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Category
Entertainment
Start date
2019-05-13 18:00:00
End date
2019-05-13 21:00:00
Address / City
58 Park Avenue New York
Location
NY, US
See Aniara, adapted from Swedish Noble laureate Harry Martinson’s 1956 epic poem. Directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja (Sweden, 2018) In Swedish with English subtitles, 106 minutes

When a devastated climate renders earth inhabitable, populations have departed for a new home on Mars, ferried over in journeys aboard large space transports. When one such ship, the Aniara enters space, it holds all the comforts of home — recreation centers, shopping, and other amenities to distract passengers on their 23-day journey, as well as a hi-tech AI system that offers relaxing memory immersions, operated by the ship's steward MR.
But when a collision with space debris throws Aniara irreversibly off course shortly after its departure, the ship is transformed into a living tomb as passengers begin to realize their journey will never end.

Organizer
Scandinavia House
Phone
212.847.9729
Email
chelsea@amscan.org