There is a lot of subtlety in this film, but too much of the plot is left to ambiguity or weak implication. The UFO theme is almost completely sublimated in favour of the relationship between the two fringe dwellers.
We Are Living Things
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United States, China, Italy · 2021
1h 36m
Director Antonio Tibaldi
Starring O-Lan Jones, Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, James Patrick Nelson, Jorge Antonio Guerrero
Genre Drama, Science Fiction
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After a chance meeting, two undocumented immigrants discover that they are both in search of extraterrestrial life. Solomon lives behind a recycling plant in Brooklyn and believes aliens abducted his mother; Chuyao, who fled China, believes she was abducted as a child. In their quest for proof, they give each other hope for the future.
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We Are Living Things unravels gradually, methodically. It could’ve used a bit more tension and slightly higher stakes, for the silences in-between its words aren’t as weighty as the filmmakers seem to have intended. Yet it’s refreshing to see a love story rooted in reality, despite the sci-fi undertones.
RogerEbert.com by Carlos Aguilar
The more heightened aspects of this genre piece don’t feel of place thanks to both lead performers operating with remarkable subtlety.
We Are Living Things is more a movie of feelings than plot or explanations of that plot and the characters. And as such, dark as it sometimes gets, it’s a winner.
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