Arrival
Arrival
“ Why are they here? ”
CINEMA2016-11-10
DIGITAL2017-04-07
RegionUS
Runtime116 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
DIRECTOR / DirectorDenis Villeneuve
KEYWORDS
spacecraftextraterrestrial technologylosstimealienlanguagefemale protagonistscientistheartbreakbased on short storyalien contactmilitaryalien languagelinguistfirst contactcommunicationlinguisticstime-manipulationcomplexdeterminismwistfulincreduloushopeful
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