A love story through the eye of a spider drone. Across the landscape of a Middle Eastern desert and an oil pipeline appears a strange spider-like robot that seems to be scoping the horizon. At the other end of the world, in America, drone operator and pipeline guardian Gordon (Joe Cole) surveys the desolated landscapes on his screens. Having lost his way in a world he no longer comprehends, he becomes fascinated by Ayusha (Lina El Arabi), a young woman promised to an older man she doesn’t love. Despite the distance, their mutual fear and their imperfect interaction, Gordon will do everything in his power to help Ayusha escape her fate, falling for her in the process.
Canada, 2017
Drama, 90min
Joe Cole
Brent Skagford
Lina El Arabi
Fayçal Zeglat
Mohammed Sakhi
Ayisha Issa
Director and Screenwriter: Kim Nguyen
Producer: Pierre Even
Executive Producers: Jeff Sackman, Sébastien Beffa, Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Valéry Guibal, François Yon, Patrick Roy, Mark Slone and Marie-Claude Poulin
Director of Photography: Christophe Collette
Production Designer: Emmanuel Fréchette
Editor: Richard Comeau
Sound: Thierry Morlaas-Lurbe, Claude Beaugrand and Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Costume Designer: Valérie Bélègou
Original Score: Timber Timbre
Casting: Lucie Robitaille, Aziza Marzak, Mathilde Snodgrass and Margery Simkin
Still Photographer: Sébastien Raymond
Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori
Winner of the Fedeora Prize for Best Film
Beijing Film Festival
Winner Best Actor for Joe Cole
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival
Special Presentation
FIN Atlantic International Film Festiva
Official selection
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Special presentation
Cinefest Sudbury
Official selection
Calgary International Film Festival
Official selection
Vancouver International Film Festival
Official selection
Warsaw Film Festival
Official selection
International Film Festival of India Goa
Official selection
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Official selection
Bengaluru Film Festival in India
Official selection