What Is It: “Cargo”, a moody, ambitious sci-fi thriller from Switzerland, directed by Ivan Engler and Ralph Etter, and co-written by Engler, Arnold Bucher, Johnny Hartmann, and Thilo Roscheisen. Made for an estimated $4.5 Swiss Francs (about $4.2 million dollars), the film recently made its North American debut at the SXSW Festival. “Cargo” is set in the far future, where mankind has, once again, made a mess of things and are now forced to reside in orbiting space station/city monstrosities. The only escape from this dreary existence is the paradise planet of Rhea, which is open to everyone – as long as you have the bucks. Who Are They?: Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, a German TV actress making her feature film debut, stars as Laura Portmann, a doctor who has contracted for a lengthy stint on a cargo ship in order to make the money to travel to Rhea, where she longs to...
- 3/28/2010
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
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