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Neptune Frost

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for Neptune Frost Released Jun 3, 2022 1h 45m Musical Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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In an otherworldly e-waste camp made of recycled computer parts, a subversive hacking collective attempts a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources--and its people. When an intersex runaway (Neptune, played by both Elvis Ngabo and Cheryl Isheja) and an escaped coltan miner (Matalusa, played by Kaya Free) find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. With hypnotic visuals and original songs composed by musician and co-director Saul Williams, this celestial cyber-musical offers a radically bold vision of power, exploitation, and love.
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Bursting with ideas and ambition, Neptune Frost is difficult to describe -- and just as hard to resist.

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David Stratton The Australian The film is certainly different, but it’s also strangely gripping even if not particularly likeable or approachable. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 9, 2022 Full Review Phil Hoad Guardian It sometimes gets bogged down in turgid polemic, but what’s surprising is how supple and communitarian it stays. Rated: 4/5 Oct 31, 2022 Full Review David Sims The Atlantic The film is a critique of the capitalist ravages visited on Burundi and its neighbors by a technology-obsessed society. It’s also a soaring, poetic vision of a transformative future, filled with abstract scenes of singing and partying. Aug 3, 2022 Full Review Zach Youngs InSession Film From the first frame, I knew I was hooked on Neptune Frost. This cyberpunk and afro-futurism musical is astounding. Its meditations on class struggle, gender politics, and sex are thought provoking... Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Jillian Chilingerian Offscreen With Jillian Mixing together anarchist politics and aesthetics to create something that feels punk and handmade. Jul 26, 2023 Full Review Jane Freebury Jane Freebury A playful mash-up from deep within Africa, part dystopian dream and part cyberpunk futurist vision, dispensing striking imagery, pulsing rapper rhythms and messages against the international system Rated: 3/5 Dec 23, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jesenia Incredible from beginning to end! A movie that fires on all cylinders! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/17/22 Full Review Casey B Possibly the best acted, well written and most beautiful movie out there. I was skeptical for the first 20-30 mins, but then it opened up to be one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen. The musical performances were spectacular, most of the scenes feel more like a documentary, they're acted so organically with the absence of vanity interfering with the story. 10/5 stars! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/19/23 Full Review Virginia R Although it took a little while to let go of all the questions/confusion I had at first, when I really got into it, it was incredible. The film is a whole vibe, more than a linear story, although there is a story in there. It's visionary, poetic, stunningly beautiful, insightful and clever. I can't stop thinking about it & want to watch it again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/22 Full Review matthew r Not my thing. Went completely over my head. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review brett w SWAN (Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman) has molded nothing less than a luminous masterpiece; a heartbeat transferred to film. Hypnotizing from start to finish, Neptune Frost is a strong contender for movie of the year. If you struggle with reading subtitles following abstract art, or lack a taste for poetry, this one's probably not for you. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review brent m I would so liked to have given this ambitious indie offering a higher score, but, unfortunately, because of clarity conflicts between narrative and screenplay, I simply couldn't. This Afrocentric musical fantasy with a multitude of themes protesting war, corporate greed, social intolerance and a host of other issues definitely has its heart in the right place, with inventive special effects and cutting-edge musical stylings. However, its attempt to express itself through cryptic poetic dialogue and soliloquies obscures its messages with its often-indecipherable prose. I sincerely applaud the attempt to push the envelope of the script, but, when the mixed metaphor wording becomes so irretrievably gnarled and vague, it's difficult to figure out exactly what the screenwriter is seeking to say. Directors Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams are clearly on to something here, but they need to clean it up a bit to make the material more coherent and accessible, with writing that's on par with the superb quality of everything else this innovative release has to offer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In an otherworldly e-waste camp made of recycled computer parts, a subversive hacking collective attempts a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources--and its people. When an intersex runaway (Neptune, played by both Elvis Ngabo and Cheryl Isheja) and an escaped coltan miner (Matalusa, played by Kaya Free) find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. With hypnotic visuals and original songs composed by musician and co-director Saul Williams, this celestial cyber-musical offers a radically bold vision of power, exploitation, and love.
Director
Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
Producer
Maria Judice, Ezra Miller, Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams
Screenwriter
Saul Williams
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
OkayMedia, JMK Films, Pirates Blend Records, Redwire Pictures, Carte Blanche Film, Quiet, 5000 Broadway Productions, Lizland Films, Swan Films, MartyrLoserKin
Genre
Musical, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Swahili
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 3, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 5, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA)
$193.9K
Runtime
1h 45m
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