Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013 · 96 min · EN · NR · 6.4 (671 votes)
Dir. Shane Carruth · Starring Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Carolyn King, Mollie Milligan

You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.

DramaScience Fiction

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

VIBE

This film is a disorienting, melancholic journey into the depths of identity and connection. It feels ethereal and unsettling, unfolding with a deliberate, dreamlike rhythm. Expect a deeply intimate and cerebral experience, where fragmented beauty and existential dread intertwine, leaving a lasting, resonant impression.

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hopesadnesshypnosislossromancedruggedparasite
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