''Realive'' (Spanish: ''Proyecto Lázaro'') is a 2016 Belgian-Spanish-French English-language science fiction

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

written and directed by

Mateo Gil Mateo Gil Rodríguez (born 23 September 1972, Las Palmas, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, second unit director, assistant director, cinematographer, editor and producer. He co-wrote most of Alejandro Amenábar's films with him, ...

Plot

A man with a terminal illness has his body frozen in cryostasis and becomes the first man to be resuscitated from cryonics seventy years later in the year 2084. His on-and-off-again girlfriend is by his side as he commits suicide in order to be cryopreserved. Being an accomplished artist with a design firm under his wing, he cannot stand the randomness of his throat cancer and decides to "go" under his own volition and control. After his "resurrection" under project "Lazarus", by a company with its own agenda, he starts to question mortality and matters of soul, as well as life as a transition of matter and energy. After realizing that he only valued his own life under the threat of his imminent death, unable to cope with his new life, he decides to commit suicide. Alas, the film ends with the realization that is something he's not allowed to do.

Cast

* Tom Hughes as Marc Jarvis *

Charlotte Le Bon Charlotte Le Bon (born 4 September 1986) is a Canadian actress, artist, former model and television presenter. She is known for her work in the Canal+ talk show '' Le Grand Journal'', and the films '' Yves Saint Laurent'', ''The Hundred-Foot Jo ...

as Elizabeth *

Oona Chaplin Oona Castilla Chaplin (; born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-Swiss actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones'', Kitty Trevelyan in the BBC drama '' The Crimson Field'', and Zilpha Geary in the series ''Taboo' ...

as Naomi * Barry Ward as Dr. West * Julio Perillán as Dr. Serra * Rafael Cebrián as Jeffrey * Bruno Sevilla as Charles * Daniel Horvath as Surgeon * Alex Hafner as The Elderly Hornball * Godeliv Van den Brandt as Sigourney * Melina Matthews as Technician * Nikol Kollars as Dr. Gethers * Angelo Olivier as Marc's Father * Yone Sosa as Lizard boy * Maarten Swaan as Alex * Alexandra Szucs as Sandy * Johanna Wallmeier as Rebecca * Josh Gorroño Chapman as Boy 1

Production

Filming took place in

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, Canary Islands (

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Reception

Film critic Dennis Harvey of Variety.com wrote that "Gil demonstrates a graceful assurance orchestrating ''Realive''s design and technical elements" but felt that the film was ultimately "emotionally antiseptic".

References

External links

* {{Mateo Gil 2016 films Spanish science fiction drama films Belgian science fiction drama films French science fiction drama films English-language Spanish films English-language Belgian films English-language French films 2010s science fiction drama films Films scored by Lucas Vidal Films set in 2024 Films set in 2084 Films set in Spain Films about suspended animation 2016 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s French films