The Congress (2013 film)

The Congress Hebrew is a 2013 FrenchIsraeli liveactionanimation science fiction drama film written and directed by Ari Folman. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival onMay 2013. Independent film distributor Drafthouse Films announced, along with Films We Like In Toronto, their coacquisition of the North American rights to the film and a US theatrical and VODdigital release planned for 2014.

Twenty years later, as her contract is about to expire, Robin travels to Abrahama City where she will speak at Miramounts Futurological Congress and also renew her contract. By then, Robins digital likeness has become the star of a popular sciencefiction film franchise, Rebel Robot Robin. Abrahama City is an animated zone, where individuals use chemicals to become animated avatars of themselves, entering a mutable illusory state, they can become anything they want to be. While discussing the new contract with Miramount, Robin learns that the studio has developed a new technology that will allow anyone to transform themselves into her.Robin agrees to the deal but has a crisis of conscience and does not believe she or anyone else should be turned into a product. Asked to speak at the Congress, Robin publicly voices her views, enraging the hosts of the Congress. Shortly afterwards, the Congress is attacked by rebels ideologically opposed to the technology. During the attack, Robin is protected by Dylan Truliner Jon Hamm but is soon captured by Miramount Police. Still in the animated world, Robin is executed without coming out of the animated world, Robin is shown on a hospital bed, while doctors, also animated, discuss her case. One of the doctors reveals that when Robin was found, she pleaded with her rescuers to execute her. The doctors decide that Robin is so ill, that she must be frozen until a time when a treatment for her mental illness is found. ........

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