Cloud Atlas

Drama, Science Fiction

172 min

FSK 12
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A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future.

Director
Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Cast
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, ...
Original language(s)
English
Credits
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Written by
Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell
Year
2012
Country
Germany, China, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore
Genre
Drama, Science Fiction
Cast
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess
FSK Rating
FSK 12
Original title
Cloud Atlas
Release date
15.11.2022
Synopsis
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The lawyer Adam Ewing learns about the indigenous people of the South Pacific and their oppression on a ship in 1850. The young musician Robert Forbisher works on his Cloud Atlas Sextet in 1931 and is inspired by Ewing's diary. Journalist Luisa Rey investigates a covered-up nuclear power plant construction failure in 1975 and also learns about Forbisher. In the present, publisher Timothy Cavendish, who wants to publish Luisa Rey's story, is mistakenly committed to a nursing home. In the near future, the young replicant Sonmi-451, whose favourite film is the adaptation of Cavendish's life story, fights for recognition of her humanity. Finally, an episode takes place in the distant future, where human civilisation has largely reverted to the Stone Age. Only a hologram containing Sonmi's records bears witness to the time long gone.