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Neptune Frost

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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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Critics Consensus

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 12/09/2022
3.5/5
The film is certainly different, but it’s also strangely gripping even if not particularly likeable or approachable. Go to Full Review
Phil Hoad Guardian 10/31/2022
4/5
It sometimes gets bogged down in turgid polemic, but what’s surprising is how supple and communitarian it stays. Go to Full Review
David Sims The Atlantic 08/03/2022
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. Go to Full Review
Zach Youngs InSession Film 07/03/2024
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... Go to Full Review
Jillian Chilingerian Offscreen With Jillian 07/26/2023
Mixing together anarchist politics and aesthetics to create something that feels punk and handmade. Go to Full Review
Jane Freebury Jane Freebury 12/23/2022
3/5
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 Go to Full Review
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Jesenia 06/17/2022 Incredible from beginning to end! A movie that fires on all cylinders! See more brett w 08/07/2022 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. See more 07/10/2022 You've never seen anything like Neptune Frost and it's worth watching for that reason alone. I don't think I'd watch it again but I'm glad that I got to see something truly original. See more @Lakeman 07/09/2022 I'm getting less patient with these high-concept, image & metaphor-driven arthouse flicks. Far too much random, nebulous, overly subjective content. Just nonsensical 'dialogue'/lines thrown out (unanimous goldmine, we all know our fathers...mother and father were binary stars... blah, blah, blah). Went from nearly having a story line that had a serious point, to jumping back & forth into disjointed, unconnected scenes. It was like reading overlty symbolist or beat poetry where 10 ppl can read it and give 10 different interpretations. There's no solid grounding to that. It was surely made with a point(s)/ideas, but it comes off as arty twaddle/indulgence. I get the intent that they had with the hacking and the takeover they wanted/needed, but they didn't go on and fulfill any of it. Just felt extremely random, incoherent (Innocent is here, then sent away. Why not use him? What's with the nebulous talk about what the Motherboard is? Why the need for the sexual advances, one more like a would-be assault? 2.3 stars See more 07/08/2022 I wish there was an English dub in the film. See more 07/08/2022 Inventive and moving film. See more 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
JMK Films, Lizland Films, MartyrLoserKin, Pirates Blend Records, Redwire Pictures, OkayMedia, Carte Blanche Film, Swan Films, Quiet, 5000 Broadway Productions
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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