ARCHIVE PRESENTATION

Archive

PresentaTION

How far would you go to bring back the one you love ?

Archive (2020)

Archive is a 2020 British science fiction movie written and directed by Gavin Rothery, in his directorial debut. It stars Theo James, Stacy Martin, Rhona Mitra, Peter Ferdinando, Timea Maday Kinga and Toby Jones.

Main characters

Partie 1 :

Stacy Martin

Theo James

Jule Almore

George Almore

Main characters

Partie 2 :

Timea Maday Kinga

Toby Jones

Rhona Mitra

Peter Ferdinando

J2 Robot

M. Tagg

Simone

Vincent Sinclair

Gavin Rothery

More information about the author of the film

• Gavin Rothery is a British screenwriter, director and designer. He wrote and directed the 2020 science fiction movie "Archive", and was the conceptual designer / head of graphic design on 2009 movie "Moon".

VIDEO I

"Archive"

Official trailer

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Synopsis

I want to go home

• Set in 2038, the movie follows a scientist George Almore who is on the verge of making a breakthrough. In a secret laboratory,

• He is developing a humanoid robot, the latest prototype of which, J3, is almost complete.

• Each model is an increasingly advanced replica of his wife Jules, who died in a brutal car accident. Driven by his undying love for her, George has deliberately not disclosed the true purpose of his research: to create a perfect clone of his wife.

Main themes

This is your home

• "Archive" offers an interesting take on the idea of grief in a futuristic world, where it would be easy to replace the dead with humanoids that look like them.

• But the movie also deals with the theme of replacement. Unable to grieve, George looks for a way to replace his wife. Instead of persevering with a robot model, he creates a new one and replaces it with this one. This is much easier than trying to move on.

List I

The different sides of the movie

Style of the movie highlighted by the author

Author's message

Development of the main character

Evolution of the plot

Process I

Author's message :

to show that grieving for a person is not easy for everyone

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Process II

Robots representing the stages of grief

J2

J3

J1

is aware of what is going on and shows it through her anger.

is aware of all of George's plans but lets him do them: this is acceptance

does not understand what is happening around her, She represents denial.

PROCESS III

Development of the main character

Process IV

Evolution of the plot

At the beginning, the movie offers a rather calm start, with beautiful landscapes. The main character seems quite ordinary, we don't have the traces of pain on his physique.

The backstage changes, the movie becomes darker with the character's past marking the viewer, we understand his pain, we feel empathy little by little.

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My view on the movie

"Archive"

Process III

Process II

Process I

PROCESS I

I hope that at least there you are happy

Personal opinion :

- The character of Georges fascinates me by the fact that he is very touching by his story but what marked me the most is the fact that even if he does not manage to turn the page he appears to be a person who is in a phase of acceptance in the mourning : he has all the same the desire to recreate a life whereas he is all the same concentrated at the bottom on his project to make his wife live again, the atmosphere is rather strange. - I liked the movie quite well even if I took some time to understand this movie because some events happening early in the movie are not easy to understand because the context is not explained it is up to the viewer alone to understand the plot. - When I watched this movie I felt: incomprehension in front of certain scenes, fear sometimes, anxiety in front of the presence of the robots I was always afraid throughout the movie that they would revolt against George.

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PROCESS II

it's beautiful here Recognition in the characters

J2

George Almore

but the character of J2 sometimes had feelings that were close to what I have felt in my life which facilitated my adoration of the movie.

I often found myself in the character of Georges because of his sensitivity, his way of reacting to grief, his calmness in all situations despite the pain he feels deep inside

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Recommended ?

I recommend this movie if you want to understand the state of a person in mourning and see a film with an artificial intelligence treatment different from other science fiction movies

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Another similarmovie?

Similarities with "Archive" ?

Opening :

1. The difference is that Victor wants to relive a moment in his life while George wants to relive his wife.

2. The common point is that humans are always attached to a scene they have experienced in their lives and they have a lifelong desire to find a way to relive it, either to change it or to re-experience the feelings experienced at that time.

'Archive" is similar to the 2019 movie "La Belle Époque",

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THANKS!

for watching everything to the end !