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Nine Days Movie Review

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:38:15 +0000

Unique from beginning to end, Nine Days asks much from its audience. It is the kind of cinema that rewards those with a taste for a challenge. The material here is neither violent nor confrontational but requires an active approach to buttress its structure into solidity.

The scenario is as follows, Will (Winston Duke) occupies a lone house at the end of the world where he is instrumental in choosing entities to venture out and become human beings. The applicants are varied and each has both advantages and disadvantages to take into consideration before the final selection of just one.

Through a series of challenges, Will is able to gauge the potential of each. These tests are heavily coloured by a reference point of a life filled with trauma and resilience is heavily considered. Into this fray comes Emma (Zazie Beetz) whose unconventional approach to just about everything challenges Will’s overly structured world.

Nine Days tells a story behind an act of inception that is devoid of obvious religious connotations and it speaks to a man’s redemption. From an opening scene that feels mundane to its final immensely satisfying scene, it’s unlike almost anything out there. It also relies heavily on a powerful final scene to pull it all together and it’s great to say that the film’s creators have succeeded admirably in that task.

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Nine Days – from Executive Producer Spike Jonze, coming to cinemas July 15!

admin — Sun, 23 May 2021 16:20:56 +0000

Soon, several candidates — unborn souls — arrive at Will’s to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable. But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma (Zazie Beetz), a candidate who is not like the others, forcing him to turn within and reckon with his own tumultuous past.

Fueled by unexpected power, he discovers a bold new path forward in his own life.

Making his feature-film debut after a series of highly acclaimed and award-winning short films and music videos, Japanese Brazilian director Edson Oda delivers a heartfelt and meditative vision of human souls in limbo, aching to be born against unimaginable odds, yet hindered by forces beyond their will…

Nine Days will be released in Australian cinemas July 15!

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Watch the trailer for Nine Days – in Aussie cinemas January 28!

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:36:44 +0000

Will (Winston Duke) spends his days in a remote outpost watching the live Point of View on TVs of people going about their lives, until one subject perishes, leaving a vacancy for a new life on earth. Soon, several candidates — unborn souls — arrive at Will’s to undergo tests determining their fitness, facing oblivion when they are deemed unsuitable.

But Will soon faces his own existential challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma (Zazie Beetz), a candidate who is not like the others, forcing him to turn within and reckon with his own tumultuous past. Fueled by unexpected power, he discovers a bold new path forward in his own life.

Starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong with Tony Hale and Bill Skarsgård, Nine Days will be released in Australian cinemas January 28, 2021!
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