eXistenZ

Produktion

Canada / UK / France
1999, 97min
SUISA: 1001.763
IMDB: 0120907

Cast & Crew

Director:		David Cronenberg
Producer:		Robert Lantos Andreas Hamori David Cronenberg
Cast:		Jennifer Jason Leigh Jude Law Ian Holm Don McKellar Callum Keith Rennie Sarah Polley Willem Dafoe
Script:		David Croneberg
Camera:		Peter Suschitzky
Editing:		Ronald Sanders
Music:		Howard Shore
Prod. Design:		Carol Spier
Costume Des.:		Denise Cronenberg
Visual FX:		Jim Isaac

Verleiher

Ascot Elite
Badenerstrasse 156
8026, Zürich

fax: 0041 1 298 81 7

Kinostart CH-D: 23.Sep.1999
Kinostart CH-F: no release
Kinostart CH-I: no release

Copyrights

Synopsis D

The name of the game is eXistenZ—a system based on technology so advanced that it borders on biology. It's a quantum leap ahead of anything ever imagined possible.

The top executives from Antenna Research are all on hand for the testing of their new game, but what sends a buzz of excitement through the audience is the presence of the brains behind eXistenZ, the adored gaming goddess herself, Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), hip, hyper-aware, sexily alluring, and utterly dedicated to her invention.

Set in the near-future, eXistenZ depicts a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. At the center of the story is Allegra Geller (Leigh) whose latest games system eXistenZ,taps so deeply into its users' fears and desires that it blurs the boundaries between reality and escapisrn.

When fanatics attempt to assassinate Allegra, she is forced to flee. Her sole ally is Ted Pikul (Law), a novice security guard who is sworn to protect her. Persuading Ted into playing the game, Allegra draws them both into a phantasmagoric world where existence ends and eXistenZ begins.