Another Earth

Another Earth

Drama   -  20 July 2011 (USA)

Director:    Mike Cahill

Writers:     Brit Marling,

                   Mike Cahill

Stars:         Brit Marling,

                   William Mapother and

                   Jordan Baker

Another Earth is a 2011 American science fiction drama film directed by Mike Cahill in his feature film debut. The film stars William Mapother and Brit Marling. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and will be distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Plot

Rhoda Williams (Marling), an astrophysics student just accepted to study at MIT, is driving after drinking at a congratulatory party when she sees a planet and leans out for a closer look. She hits a minivan and kills all the members of a family except the father. She is imprisoned for four years, and upon release seeks out the widower, composer John Burroughs (Mapother). Burroughs does not know Rhoda's name or what she looks like - the court records were sealed because Rhoda was a minor at the time of the accident. Initially, she intends to apologize for what happened, but ends up being hired by Burroughs as an assistant, slowly getting to know Burroughs and falling in love with him without being able to confess who she actually is. The planet she saw is discovered to be a mirror planet of Earth, and an essay contest is launched where the winner will be a passenger on a space shuttle to visit "Earth 2". Williams considers entering the contest to find out what kind of life her mirror self would have led, and if she can somehow undo the past.

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