Synopsis
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
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Cast
- Raffiella ChapmanVesper
- Eddie MarsanJonas
- Rosy McEwenCamellia
- Richard BrakeDarius
- Melanie GaydosJug
- Edmund DehnElias
- Matvej BuravkovBoz
- Marijus DemiskisOed
- Markas EimontasMo
- Titas RukasBeck
Recommendations
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The Film Stage
The film zooms in to project humanity’s struggle onto Vesper. With one gust of wind (and some tragic losses), health and prosperity can be hers (and ours) again. - 82
Polygon
Dystopian sci-fi has rarely been as delicately and beautifully detailed as Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper’s new film. - 75
Movie Nation
The story’s arc may feel familiar, but it isn’t utterly predictable, with the child’s enterprise and cunning nicely matched against Marsan’s I’m Bigger Than You omnipotence. And the messaging of “Vesper” leaves this bleak tale a little room to breathe and anyone watching it the tiniest prayer of hope. - 75
Collider
At its core, Vesper feels like a dark fairytale, like something born from the haunted tales of Grimms' Fairy Tales. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Vesper doesn’t just ask viewers to root for one more hopeless case as she struggles to triumph over adverse living conditions. Instead, it asks us to spend time with a young protagonist who thinks she’s on the verge of a breakthrough and leads us to constantly worry that she might be wrong. - 70
The New York Times
A wistful beauty and a delicately imaginative sense of craft set Vesper apart from most post-apocalyptic stories. - 70
Wall Street Journal
The dystopian sci-fi drama Vesper is a gallery of astounding images set in a weirdly enticing future. The new world it depicts is both primitive and advanced, full of richly detailed flora and fauna representing strange new species that came about after mankind experimented heavily with genetic engineering as society crumbled to dust. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Under the muck and mire, Vesper is a reminder that both life and hope can be surprisingly durable, flexible, and morphable.
