''2149: The Aftermath'' (also known as ''ESC'', ''Darwin'', and ''Confinement'') is a Canadian

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directed by Benjamin Duffield and written by Robert Higden. The film stars

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, Cassidy Marlene Jaggard, Jordyn Negri, and Daniel DiVenere.

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on the film commenced June 2014 in

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, and wrapped-up July 2014. Suki Films is producing the film with Nortario Films, based in

. The film was financed by Telefilm Canada, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Harold Greenberg Fund. It is scheduled for release summer 2016.

Plot

Set in an oppressive, post-apocalyptic future, resulting from a world-wide biological war, survivors live in small cement modules with little more than a computer which connects them to their job, food and entertainment. After nine years, a young man (portrayed by

) is forced out into the real world when his module is left without power by a lightning strike and discovers truths about that world and his own life that he never dreamed of.

Cast

Release

Suki International has set the film for a winter-spring 2016 release. Filmed in the summer of 2014, this movie has had 4 different titles. It started as "ESC," then became "Darwin," then became "Confinement," and the latest is "2149: The Aftermath" It was released on Amazon Prime in November 2021 under the title ''2149: The Aftermath''.

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* 2016 films 2016 science fiction films Canadian post-apocalyptic films Canadian science fiction films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Greater Sudbury 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-sf-film-stub