Directed by:
Tarik SalehComposer:
Krister LinderCast:
Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Fares Fares, David Lenneman, Michael Mansson, Åke Lundqvist (more)VOD (3)
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In the year 2024, all of Europe is united by a vast web of underground subway systems, populated by an army of downtrodden drones. Roger (Vincent Gallo) is one such cog, but flouts the modern rail convenience in favor of biking through the incessant rain. His work is menial, his relationship is flatlining, and the lone distraction in his gray life is a fixation on a shampoo spokeswoman from one of his world's ubiquitous advertisements. One day Roger begins hearing voices. He also chances upon his shampoo model, the alluring Nina (Juliette Lewis), who seems to promise answers to the voices' origins. As Roger follows Nina deeper into the underworld, he finds himself unearthing an Orwellian conspiracy of shocking magnitude. Metropia is a visually arresting sci-fi noir, featuring a signature brand of surreal animation created by director Tarik Saleh specifically for this film. The desaturated palette and uncanny photorealism are an apt representation of Saleh's dystopian futurescape, one which is not shiny and new, but retrofitted and utilitarian, and where heroes are not courageous daredevils, but maybe just insecure paper-pushers looking for the meaning in it all. (Tribeca Film)
(more)Cast
Vincent Gallo
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
New York Beat Movie (1981)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Juliette Lewis
USA
Best movies:
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Alexander Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
Disconnect (2012)
Sofia Helin
Sweden
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Dalecarlians (2004)
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
Fares Fares
Lebanon
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Before the Storm (2000)
The Purity of Vengeance (2018)
David Lenneman
Sweden
Best movies:
Arne Dahl: Europa Blues (2012) (TV movie)
The Crown Jewels (2011)
Metropia (2009)
Michael Mansson
France
Åke Lundqvist
Sweden
Best movies:
Metropia (2009)
Goran Marjanović
Serbia
Best movies:
Metropia (2009)
A Hole in My Heart (2004)
Iacopo Patierno
Best movies:
Metropia (2009)
Mikael Olsen
Denmark
Best movies:
Oneway-Ticket to Korsør (2008)
A Funny Man (2011)
Metropia (2009)
Sandy Mansson
USA
Best movies:
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972)