The Unity of All Things

2013 1h 38m EN

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5.0

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★5.0TMDB · 4

Drama

Synopsis

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The adolescent sons of an expatriated Chinese physicist visit her in the United States, while she and her colleagues pursue the development of a massive particle collider with which to understand the origin of the Universe. A queer Science Fiction, that engages the utopian impulses of the genre, not through the imagining of another world, but through the rendering of this world as Other. All subjects are treated as alien, or as radical others, who search for, or advance different ideological, psychological, or sexual ideals of belonging. Subjects oscillate between the contemplation of past societal traumas and idealizations of futurity that refuse to synthesize or resolve, but instead reveal a troubling satire of the present.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Celia Au
Andrea Chen
Jennifer Kim
Teresa Hui
Haruka Hashimoto

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Schmidt
Languages: Japanese, Cantonese, English, Spanish
Countries: China, Switzerland, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Japanese, Cantonese, English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: China, Switzerland, United States of America.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Celia Au and Andrea Chen and Jennifer Kim carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3103376 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Daniel Schmidt directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China, Switzerland, United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, Cantonese, English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Japanese, Cantonese, English, Spanish.
3International production across 3 countries: China, Switzerland, United States of America.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Celia Au and Andrea Chen and Jennifer Kim carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt3103376 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.