The Congress (2013)

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2h 2min
Animation, Drama
24 Jul 2014 (USA)
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An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

Director:

Ari Folman

Writers:

Stanislaw Lem, Ari Folman

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10 wins & 13 nominations.
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An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider

More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation and her digitized character will stay forever young. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio's head animator, Wright's digital double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to take part in "The Congress" convention as she makes her comeback straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.

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	Robin Wright	...	Robin Wright
	Harvey Keitel	...	Al
	Sami Gayle	...	Sarah
	Jon Hamm	...	Dylan Truliner (voice)
	Kodi Smit-McPhee	...	Aaron Wright
	Danny Huston	...	Jeff
	Michael Stahl-David	...	Steve
	Paul Giamatti	...	Dr. Barker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Joe Childs	...	CGI capture
	Ed Corbin	...	Charlie
	Christopher B. Duncan	...	Christopher Ryne
	Evan Ferrante	...	Tom Cruise
	Michal Kahan	...	Drummer
	John Lacy	...	Gate Guard
	Michael Landes	...	Maxi
	Jörg Vincent Malotki	...	Man in Zeppelin
	Don McManus	...	Reeve Bobs
	Charlie Megira	...	Lead Singer & Guitar
	Sarah Shahi	...	Michelle
	Cooper Thornton	...	Head Physician v27
	Jill Maddrell	...	Resident (uncredited)
	Kevin Thompson	...	Ralph (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Shawn Weber	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
	August Wittgenstein	...	Travis (uncredited)
	Matthew Wolf	...	Adult Aaron Wright (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ari Folman

Written by

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Stanislaw Lem	...	(novel "The Futurological Congress")

Ari Folman	...	(screenplay)

Produced by

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Reinhard Brundig	...	producer
Sébastien Delloye	...	producer
Piotr Dzieciol	...	producer
Diana Elbaum	...	co-producer
Ari Folman	...	producer
Viola Fügen	...	line producer
David Grumbach	...	producer
Anurag Kashyap	...	co-producer
Roman Klink	...	co-producer
Eitan Mansuri	...	producer
Guneet Monga	...	co-producer
Ewa Puszczynska	...	producer
Jeremiah Samuels	...	executive producer
Robin Wright	...	producer

Music by

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Max Richter

Cinematography by

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Michal Englert

Editing by

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Nili Feller

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film editor

Editorial Department

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Peter Bernaers	...	colorist
Chiara Pontuali	...	digital intermediate operator

Casting By

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Deborah Aquila
Colleen Blake	...	assistant casting director
Erin Toner
Tricia Wood

Production Design by

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David Polonsky

Set Decoration by

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Gia Grosso

Costume Design by

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Mandi Line

Makeup Department

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Dana Bieler	...	additional makeup artist
Sharisse Fine	...	department head hair stylist
Fiona Franke	...	additional makeup artist
Antje Huchel	...	hair stylist / makeup artist
Johanna Koch	...	additional makeup artist
Barbara Kreuzer	...	makeup artist
Alexandra Lebedynski	...	makeup artist
Bettina Stähle	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Damien Bayard	...	assistant production manager
Dominik Bollen	...	post-production supervisor
Adrien Chef	...	post-production supervisor: Luxembourg
Paul O. Davis	...	unit production manager
Rebekka Garrido	...	project supervisor: The Post Republic
Martin Hartmann	...	associate production manager: Germany
Shirley Hermann	...	production manager
Magdalena Malisz	...	production manager
Anne-Sophie Presch-Gacon	...	production manager / production manager: Studio Rakete
Jeremiah Samuels	...	unit production manager
Philipp Weinrich	...	post-production supervisor: CinePostproduction Geyer Berlin

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Alexander Broscheit	...	second assistant director: NRW
Joe Camp III	...	first assistant director
Craig Conolly	...	additional first assistant director
Rosemary C. Cremona	...	second assistant director
Ulla Bay Kronenberger	...	third assistant director
Nicholas Wolfert	...	assistant director: additional photography / second second assistant director
Henrike Wöbking	...	first assistant director: Germany
Lisa Zugschwerdt	...	second second assistant director

Art Department

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Marcus Berndt	...	property master: outdoor
Mercer Boffey	...	storyboard artist
Reinhold 'Ringer' Broil	...	set builder
Sue Chan	...	live action designer: Los Angeles
Lisa Clark	...	key buyer
Charles S. Deaux	...	leadman
Jenny Echelmeyer	...	set dresser
Jan Feil	...	property master: indoor
Christina Heidelmeier	...	set dresser
Mike Heubel	...	assistant property master: outdoor
Charles Kern	...	stand-by painter
Adam Khalid	...	art department coordinator
Andrew Kim	...	on-set dresser
Stephen McCumby	...	property master
Ingrid Rofkar	...	standby painter: lead painter
Michael Timmermann	...	carpenter
Wakana Yokota	...	storyboard artist
Andreas Zuhr	...	assistant art director

Sound Department

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Aviv Aldema	...	music editor / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Adrian Baumeister	...	dialogue editor
Nili Feller	...	music editor (as Nilli Feller)
Lars Ginzel	...	re-recording mixer
Noemi Hampel	...	sound designer
Frédéric Meert	...	foley editor
Carsten Richter	...	foley artist
Tom Ryan	...	adr mixer
Marcus Sujata	...	foley mixer
Markus Wurster	...	sound technician
Nathan Dubin	...	a.d.r. mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Chris Bailey	...	special effects coordinator
Maximilian Bertet	...	armourer
Jens Döldissen	...	special effects supervisor
T. Scott Elliott	...	special effects technician
Boris Frisch	...	special effects
Sven Kühn	...	special effects supervisor
Michael Lantieri	...	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Matthias Albrecht	...	digital film editor
Itamar Aloni	...	digital compositor
Jean-Bastien Bellot	...	digital compositor
Markus Bäuerle	...	post production manager
Marie Castrie	...	vfx production manager: Mikros Image
Thibaut Couwenbergh	...	digital artist
Christophe Dehaene	...	digital compositor
Sophie Denize	...	visual effects producer
Jérôme Dubacq	...	IT manager
Gaël Durant	...	visual effects production manager
Jérôme Foucout	...	lead compositor: Mikros Image
Philippe Frère	...	senior digital compositor
Claudia Gittel	...	additional digital colorist
Sebastian Göhs	...	additional digital colorist
Or Kantor	...	compositor
Clemens Kindermann	...	digital intermediate operator
Marcin Kummer	...	digital compositor: CinePostproduction
Catherine Kuznecki	...	rotoscope artist
Marie Maulet	...	digital compositor
Julien Meesters	...	head of visual effects studio
Eric Mises-Rosenfeld	...	on-set visual effects supervisor
Hugues Namur	...	visual effects supervisor
Julien Pernes	...	cg supervisor: lighting technical director
Domi Piturro	...	supervisor 3D modeling and scanning: Icon Imaging
Guillaume Pondard	...	on set visual effects supervisor
Loïc Poës	...	visual effects coordinator
Thomas Ramin	...	technical director: CinePostproduction
Nicolas Rey	...	on set and second visual effects supervisor
Nitzan Roiy	...	visual effects supervisor
Laureline Silan	...	digital compositor: Mikros
Dror Stavisky	...	visual effects
William Untereiner	...	visual effects artist
Maeva Verdun	...	scan & precomp artist
Luciano Vittori Jr.	...	titles designer

Stunts

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Uli Richter	...	stunt rigger
Rainer Werner	...	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jason Andrew	...	best boy grip
Ian T. Barbella	...	digital camera technician
Udo Blaesing	...	lighting technician
Georg Bozkurt	...	electrician
Keith B. Davis	...	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Demmer	...	video operator
Sandra Derwenskus	...	electrician
Scott Donahue	...	rigging grip
Manny Duran	...	key grip
Christian Goerges	...	electrician
Tim Harlinghausen	...	assistant light
Bryan Hayes	...	dolly grip
Stefan Hiegemann	...	electrician
Emil Jevtic	...	electrician
Felix Jost	...	first assistant camera
David Kagen	...	gaffer
Marlon Koppelkamm	...	assistant light
Michael Kremtz	...	digital imaging technician
Wanja Krieger	...	assistant light
Dennis Krombach	...	best boy
Anthony Kwan	...	digital imaging technician / digital imaging technician: second unit
Maike Maier	...	key grip
Niels Maier	...	gaffer
Robert Patzelt	...	steadicam operator
Marcos Perez	...	dolly grip: additional photography
Robert J. Reilly	...	best boy rigging grip
Axel Renner	...	electrician
Dale Robinette	...	still photographer
Joseph Ruiz	...	grip
Paolo Sanzani	...	assistant grip
Rebekka Schindele	...	electrician
Bernd Spauke	...	still photographer
Benjamin Taye	...	electrician
Joseph Turrentine	...	lighting technician
Brian Udoff	...	additional loader
Brian Wells	...	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Yanick Wohlgemuth	...	assistant light
Martin Wysmyk	...	electrician
Sylvain Zambelli	...	first assistant camera: visual effects unit
Pawel Zelazko	...	first assistant camera

Animation Department

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Daniel Alcaraz	...	animator
Darko Belevski	...	animator
Arik Boas	...	key animator
Peter Bohl	...	animator
Robert Brandt	...	background artist
Carolina Buzio	...	assistant animator
Paul De Blieck	...	supervising animator
Hans Devolder	...	layout artist
Victor Ens	...	senior character animator
Pejman Esfandi	...	key clean-up models
Denis Figueiredo	...	key animator
Tal Gadon	...	key animator
Sefi Gayego	...	animation supervisor
Yoni Goodman	...	animation director
Eric Goossens	...	animation studio
Ulf Grenzer	...	animator
Yair Harel	...	rendering supervisor
Heiko Hentschel	...	animator
Stefan Hermann	...	animation supervisor
Sven Höffer	...	layout supervisor
Michael Hülse	...	animator
Saeid Jalaliyeh	...	supervising key animator
Elie Klimis	...	animator
Volker Krafzel	...	background artist
Sarah Menheere	...	assistant animator
Pablo Navarro	...	animator
Christian Retzlaff	...	animator
Anton Roebben	...	animation studio
Stéphan Roelants	...	animation: executive director
Mohammadhossein Salimi	...	clean up artist
Ronald Theelen	...	key animator
Maayan Tzuriel	...	assistant animator
Pascal Vermeersch	...	key animator
Régine Waleffe	...	animator
Paul Williams	...	senior animator
Bob Wolkers	...	animator

Casting Department

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Joe Cappelletti	...	voice casting
Rich King	...	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Elena Braun	...	wardrobe
Alexandra Casey	...	wardrobe assistant
Petra Fassbender	...	costume patination
Leslie Herman	...	costume supervisor
Anna Lam	...	wardrobe
Juliane Maier	...	costume department coordinator
Christina Matthews	...	wardrobe production assistant: fittings
Ildiko Okolicsanyi	...	wardrobe
Sarah Raible	...	assistant costume designer
Christian Röhrs	...	breakdown artist
Kriszta Schmitz	...	costume patination
Erika Walthall	...	assistant costume designer
Kate Wester	...	costume patination
Daniela Kurrle	...	costume builder (uncredited)

Location Management

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Gerard Averill	...	location manager
Julianne Eggold	...	key assistant location manager
Raidar Huber	...	location scout
Rüdiger Jordan	...	location scout: Germany
Dorothee Leuck	...	location scout
Markus Zimmer	...	location scout

Music Department

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Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg	...	orchestra
Rupert Coulson	...	score mixer / score recordist
Lorenz Dangel	...	conductor
Falko Duczmal	...	score recording engineer
Dave Foster	...	music preparation / orchestrator
Henning Fuchs	...	composer assistant
Peter Funke	...	song mixer / song recordist
Susanne Geisler	...	composer assistant
R. Henry Grant	...	musician: drums
Fabian Hannaert	...	music clearance
Maisie Hitchcock	...	composer assistant
Arthur Hornig	...	musician: bass cello
Max Knoth	...	musician: bass
Elissa Lee	...	musician: solo violin
Catherine Manners	...	music coordinator
Tex Morton	...	musician: guitar
Pavlin Nechev	...	musician: solo piano
Assa Raviv	...	composer: additional music
Max Richter	...	musician: piano & Hammond / orchestrator / score producer / song producer
Matthias Schneider	...	score coordinator
Martin Wenk	...	musician: trumpet

Script and Continuity Department

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Barbara Krieger	...	script supervisor
Kiran Kaur Saini	...	script supervisor
Ori Sivan	...	script editor

Transportation Department

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Ted Basso	...	production van driver operator
Mike Fenster	...	transportation captain
Michael Glover	...	driver
Tim Großkurth	...	personal driver: Robin Wright, Germany
Silvio Heß	...	production driver
Marcus Koszczol	...	production driver
Jörg Vincent Malotki	...	production driver
Roman Savary	...	production driver
Marcel Winterscheid	...	production driver
John Yarbrough	...	transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Kalie Acheson	...	production assistant / set production assistant
Udi Asoulin	...	design assistant
Dave Bean	...	hand double
Anne Berger	...	production secretary
Anna Laura Boermck	...	assistant production coordinator
Peter Brown	...	production assistant: Luxembourg
Adrien Chef	...	post-production coordinator
Frederic Dirickx	...	studio manager
Mandy Faerber	...	production assistant: Germany
Kirisa Gavrin	...	production assistant
Jacob Gilbert	...	production assistant: los angeles
Natacha Gilson	...	production assistant
TaKnesha Hubbard	...	production assistant
Jean-Pierre Huet	...	production accountant: Luxembourg
Nini Le Huynh	...	assistant to ms wright (as Nini Huynh)
Cédric Iland	...	tax shelter provider
Mathilde Incerti	...	publicist: France
Norbert Klingner	...	legal services
Lukas Koll	...	set runner
Mandy Krause	...	inhouse coordinator: The Post Republic
Jörg Kriminski	...	caterer
Romuald Lagoude	...	technical director
Kev Magee	...	assistant production coordinator
Nicole Malovany	...	set staff assistant
Daniel A. Parker	...	production coordinator
Jimmy Pember	...	assistant to Mr. Samuels
Stéphan Roelants	...	executive director
Matthias Rosenkranz	...	set runner
Michael Serrano	...	key set production assistant
Ori Sivan	...	story editor
Gordon Spragg	...	publicist: international
C.J. Stussi	...	photo double/stand-in (as Caroline Jaden Stussi)
Marcel Tie	...	(segment " ") production assistant
Jessica Uzzan	...	publicist: North America
Paul Van Zyl	...	production staff

Thanks

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Christina Bentlage

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Production Companies

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Distributors

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ARP Sélection (2013) (France) (theatrical)
Cinedigm Entertainment Group (2013) (United States) (theatrical)
Cinéart (2014) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Cirko Film (2014) (Hungary) (theatrical)
Drafthouse Films (2013) (United States) (theatrical)
Edko Films (2014) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
Films We Like (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
Gnome (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
Golem Distribución (2014) (Spain) (theatrical)
Pandora Film Verleih (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
Russian Report (2014) (Russia) (theatrical)
Spentzos Films (2014) (Greece) (theatrical)
Tofoo Films (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
30 Holding srl (2013) (Italy) (video)
Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2014) (Germany) (DVD) (and Blu-ray)
Cameo (2014) (Spain) (DVD)
Drafthouse Films (2013) (United States)
Film1 (2014) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
Future Film (2014) (Finland)
Midas Filmes (2014) (Portugal)
StudioCanal (2014) (United Kingdom)

Special Effects

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Feuerfest-SFX

Other Companies

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Boone's Animals for Hollywood (animals provided by)
Brauer & Co. (film tax credits)
COPRA Dailies System (dailies services)
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera cranes)
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera dollies)
CinePostproduction (post-production facilities)
Cinematyp (subtitiling services)
Orange Animation (animation production)
Studio Rakete (animation)
Three Point Capital (TPC) (brokerage)
Tonstudio Hanse Warns (foley stage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords	tom-cruise-character barcode-license-plate animated-scene retinitis-pigmentosa blindness See All (82) »
Taglines	What would you give for an eternal youth? [Scandinavian Blu-ray] See more »
Genres	Animation Drama Sci-Fi
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:M Brazil:12 Canada:PG (British Columbia) Finland:K-12 Germany:12 Hong Kong:IIB Hungary:16 Ireland:15A Italy:T Netherlands:12 Norway:11 (VOD) Poland:16 Portugal:M/12 Singapore:M18 South Korea:15 Spain:12 Switzerland:10 Turkey:13+ United Kingdom:15 United States:Not Rated

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Also Known As	Kennes ha'atidanim (Israel, Hebrew title) Der Kongress (Germany) Kongres (Poland) Le congrès (France) El congreso (Spain) See more »
Runtime	122 min
Official Sites	Official Facebook Official site
Country	Israel Germany Poland Luxembourg Belgium France United States India
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Berlin, Germany See more »

Box Office

Budget

PLN34,148,170 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The interior of the huge dome where the futuristic Congress takes place, during the animated sequence, is based on the Reich's Great Hall, a massive project made by Adolf Hitler and his Minister of Defense, Albert Speer. The building, if it had been built, would have been one thousand feet tall, and able to house fifteen thousand spectators, making it the largest interior space up to date. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in The Bruce Willis Fake Movie Factory (2022). See more »
Soundtracks	Forever Young See more »
Quotes	Robin Wright: Does that make sense? Or is this just in my mind? Robot: Ultimately, everything make sense. And everything is in our mind. See more »

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