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Vanishing Waves

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A scientist, Lukas, participates in an experiment looking for the information transferring process between humans through neurons. Lukas gets into the thoughts of a comatose woman, Aurora, and falls in love with her.

Critics Reviews

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Noel Murray The Dissolve 07/23/2013
3.5/5
Plot and character sketchiness aside, though, Vanishing Waves is incredibly absorbing, because Buozyte and Samper are smart about how sexual urges can override all reason and obligation. Go to Full Review
Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 03/15/2013
2/4
There are interesting themes: about how much of the impulse to love is hidden from the conscious mind, and how much of sex is fantasy. But the impact is diminished by lifeless leads. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 03/14/2013
2/5
This Lithuanian love story from Kristina Buozyte offers a discomfiting blend of visual ecstasy and narrative sterility. Go to Full Review
Q.V. Hough Vague Visages 06/30/2022
Vanishing Waves boasts a touch of Andrei Tarkovsky, but I found many similarities to the psychosexual thrillers of French director Alain Robbe-Grillet. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 11/13/2020
While some of the performances are stilted and the central romance isn't quite engaging, there's a hypnotic power to the memorable imagery, a tequila sunrise dreamscape tapping into unexplored chasms of sensuality. Go to Full Review
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02/15/2019 Being an epileptic, this might be interesting ... on Filmrise, free See more 09/08/2014 Although there are some parts I personally did not like to much, overall it was a really great original story. See more jake s @Jake000 07/27/2014 A Lithuanian scientist hooks up some wires and goes all inception into a coma patient's mind. A patient who, apparently, is a big fan of Davids Lynch and Cronenberg. See more 06/10/2014 A sci-fi conundrum interspersed with an erotically-charged, luscious tale of systematic alienation--Intense and surreal... Inception Weird!! See more 03/18/2014 The "Observer Effect" (One Affects Another By Pure Participation) Is Explored Here Through Lucid, Deceptive Fantasy & Lurid Fetish. Parts Of This Will Frustrate But It Really Delves Deeply Into Aspects Of Love & Romance Where Many Stories Rarely Go.. What One Might Consider Love Another (Scientist Or Doctor) Might View As Just Chemical Realease Or Trickery Of A Semi-Concious State..Lost In An Abyss Of Self-Satisfying Thought As Chemistry Affects Patterns Of The Brain..Hrmmmm. See more 02/10/2014 A scientist experimenting with technology that would allow people to enter the minds of others creates an ethical dilemma when he falls in love with his subject: a young woman trapped in a coma. Inventive visuals, strange eroticism and a confusing third act highlight this literal mind trip, an unusual and expensive-looking science fiction piece from Lithuania. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A scientist, Lukas, participates in an experiment looking for the information transferring process between humans through neurons. Lukas gets into the thoughts of a comatose woman, Aurora, and falls in love with her.
Director
Kristina Buozyte
Producer
Chica Benadava, Ludi Boeken, Pascal Judelewicz, Ieva Norviliene
Screenwriter
Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
Production Co
Eurimages, Acajou Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Genre
Romance, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Lithuanian
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 15, 2016
Runtime
2h 4m