David Cronenberg is better known for his films that explore how the human body can be transformed, typically in a fairly horrible way. Its newest feature, The covers, That continues with a gloomy examination of death, pain and its intersection with modern technology, and letting the filmmaker become a little more personal.
Located in a “close future placid”, the film focuses on Karsh (Vincent Kassel), a technological entrepreneur who has been using a new software to see his dead wife (Diane Kruger) in real time. Just when it is ready for this SUDO sheet technology to get a broader launch, all the tombs that currently use it are broken. Soon, Karsh is struggling to discover what is happening and uncertain who to trust, and, potentially, includes his wife’s sister, with whom he began to sleep and is also interpreted by Kruger.
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Cronenberg wrote The covers After the death of his wife Carolyn in 2017, who gives an extra weight at times in the trailer as the Karsh’s opening line about wanting to join his late wife in the coffin. The logline calls the film a “deeply personal calculation with pain and a decrease in the dyed dystopia of Noir”, which is present in the preview, along with a slight pinch of comedy. Cronenberg projected the film in Cannes 2024, where he accumulated solid critics criticism.
Also starring Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt, The covers It will premiere on April 18 in New York and before its largest theatrical launch on April 25.
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