''Native'' is a 2016 British
sci-fi film
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directed by
Daniel Fitzsimmons
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, written by Fitzsimmons and
Neil Atkinson and starring
Rupert Graves and
Ellie Kendrick.
Plot
Two pilots are sent on a long distance flight through space; they are responding to a transmission from a far away galaxy. Throughout the journey they will struggle; for one of the pilots will experience the human condition, though they seem not actually to be human. Suffering a loss, one of the pilots will lose touch with the reality he has always known. He must face this new reality.
Cast
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Rupert Graves as Cane.
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Ellie Kendrick as Eva.
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Leanne Best, Joe McAuley,
* Pollyanna McIntosh,
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Daniel Brocklebank,
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Ian Hart,
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Chiara D'Anna
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Reviews
''Native'' holds a 43% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes
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based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10.
The film is described as "smart" and "elegant" by
Peter Bradshaw in the ''Guardian''.
Kim Newman in ''Empire'' magazine describes it as "ambitious, unusual and thought-provoking". In ''The Times'' Ed Potton calls it a “script full of promise, with provocative things to say about empathy, obedience and individualism”.
Production
Shot predominantly in
Dagenham
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It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Fore ...
and
Formby Beach
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census.
Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under " ...
in
Liverpool
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in 2014, co-writer and co-producer Atkinson said in an interview with the ''
Liverpool Echo
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'': “Everyone at Formby beach was helpful. Dogwalkers gave us a wide berth but the problem was the tide – we had a ticking clock and finished filming with the water up to our director of photography’s knees.”
Awards
The film won the feature film award at the 2016
Boston Science Fiction Film Festival
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. It was nominated for best film and director at the 2016
Bogotá Film Festival
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.
References
External links
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British science fiction films
2016 films
2010s British films
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