When Catherine - a middle aged woman who blends into the background of her own life - is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to throw herself a birthday party and make one final lasting impression on her family and friends.
drama, comedy, fun, tender, grounded, ensemble, warm, outrageous, relatable characters, home, self actualizing, awakening, quality performances, deep themes & subject matter
A fantastically wealthy corporation has developed the technology to “map” one person’s consciousness, intelligence, personality, temperament, and memories onto another’s.
While still in its infancy, wealthy elites have already started to explore the possibilities of using the tech to create a permanent ruling class. Collecting orphaned children from around the world to act as depositories for their minds, the elite have created a prestigious university where the children are conditioned & trained for peak performance until chosen for mapping.
But what happens when one young man from the first crop of children stumbles across the secret and discovers his entire life has been a lie?
a creeping and stylized technological thriller, modern noir, conspiracy, investigative, intimate, compelling, tightening noose, unsettling