Dark Matter

Dark Matter

2008 · 90 min · EN · 5.5 (71 votes)
Dir. Chen Shi-Zheng · Starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Chi Peng, Blair Brown, Jodi Russell · Music Van Dyke Parks
DramaHistory

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

VIBE

A tense, cerebral drama about ambition and isolation. The film feels like a slow-burn intellectual thriller, exploring the pressures of academic pursuit and cultural displacement with a somber, anxious tone.

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