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Upstream Color

Name: Upstream Color
Director: Shane Carruth
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Released: 2013
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Carolyn King

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

2013 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 96 min · Drama · Science Fiction · 17 frames

Tagline

You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.

Crew

Written by: Shane Carruth
Edited by: David Lowery, Shane Carruth
Production design: Tom Walker
Produced by: Ben LeClair, Casey Gooden, Shane Carruth

Cast

Amy Seimetz as Kris
Shane Carruth as Jeff
Andrew Sensenig as The Sampler
Thiago Martins as Thief
Carolyn King as Wife
Mollie Milligan as Maggie
Myles McGee as Monty
Ashton Miramontes as Lucas
Andreon Watson as Peter
Frank Mosley as Husband

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: erbp
Budget: $100,000
Box office: $444,098
Themes: hope, sadness, hypnosis, loss, romance, drugged, parasite, experimental

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Primer — 2004

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