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Tropic

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Tropic

Released Dec 1, 2023

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Drama

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Lázaro and Tristán (19), twin brothers and best friends, are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

There’s a strong sense of atmosphere... and the three actors who play the nuclear family at the heart of the film impress throughout and feel convincingly like a tight family unit.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 28, 2024

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Nadine Whitney

The Curb

Tropic delves into contemporary and future conundrums. Where it is most powerful is in its raw approach to how the brothers must come to terms with the unimaginable.

Sep 28, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

This astutely handled film is striking for taking a fantasy theme and employing it to such poignant, psychologically-focused ends.

Jan 2, 2024

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Keri O'Shea

Warped Perspective

Its interaction with a fantastical, sci-fi element never goes in the expected direction. There are some extraordinary circumstances in the story, true, but these don’t really go beyond exacting pressure on an already strained family group.

Rated: C-

Dec 3, 2023

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Engrossing, honest and haunting.

Dec 1, 2023

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Kevin Wight

The Wee Review

It could easily be a melodrama about how a serious illness affects not just those who suffer it, but those around them, but the sci-fi element allows for higher stakes and a sting of classic body horror.

Rated: 4

Mar 7, 2023

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Daniel B

Too many story lines, and none of them worth the story time spent in them. It's not Sci-if, it's a drama. It's about brothers and a single mother who is another loose story hanging untold. Why is the earth dying? Why are high children being schooled to save the earth? Why is an unhinged student allowed to get so far in the program? So many unanswered questions. Why did I waste time and money to watch this? Answer: stupid trusting sap. Save your money and time, watch something else.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Yuri G

A beautiful poignant and highly unusual sci-fi movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Lázaro and Tristán (19), twin brothers and best friends, are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.

Director: Edouard Salier
Screenwriter: Edouard Salier, Mauricio Carrasco
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: BNP Paribas Pictures, Pictanova, Digital District, Rezo Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 1, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2023
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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