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Seconds
Why this pick
A chilly, paranoid predecessor to Self/less: a desperate man is offered a new body and identity, only to discover the emotional and institutional cost of reinvention.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2015 2h 35m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Billionaire New Yorker Damian Hale is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He finds a business card directing him to Professor Albright, who informs him about a medical procedure called "shedding", in which one's Mind uploading to an artificially grown body. Damian agrees to the procedure, and follows Albright's instructions to stage his own public death. Albright transfers him into a new body and prescribes medication to alleviate the vivid hallucinations which he claims are side effects of the procedure.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ryan Reynolds
Young Damian
Ben Kingsley
Damian
Natalie Martinez
Madeline
Matthew Goode
Albright
Michelle Dockery
Claire
Victor Garber
Martin
Melora Hardin
Judy
Sam Page
Carl