Anya

2019

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75%
IMDb Rating 4.1/10 10 168 168

Plot summary

A newlywed couple turns to a scientist for help having a baby and find themselves at the center of a genetic puzzle with far reaching implications and an ethically ambiguous solution.


Uploaded by: FREEMAN
November 26, 2019 at 04:27 AM

Top cast

Ana Kayne as Fausta
Barbara Rosenblat as Dr. Rosalind Pfenning
Ali Ahn as Libby
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sarahkensington 10 / 10

Sci-fi for science geeks

The premise is straightforward. A woman named Libby with infertility problems is told by her husband Marco that the reason they can't conceive is because he's cursed. She gets pissed off and pays a visit to Seymour, a scientist friend/ex-boyfriend to help explain that curses play no role in their inability to conceive. As it happens, the husband Marco comes from a secretive community of people who are biologically different. And when Seymour mockingly takes their samples, he starts a chain of events that leads to him stumbling into a big discovery, that there is a viable second species of humans living among us. The scientist Seymour is itching to prove his hypothesis, but he needs more samples from these mysterious people. He convinces the couple to help him get more samples of these strange people -- they want to have a kid, remember? So Marco finally agrees to open himself up to the secretive people he comes from. It's an interesting, well researched story based in science that captures the feeling of how discoveries are made and explores the ethical issues around consent. I found it provocative, fast paced and well made.

Reviewed by a-c-c 2 / 10

Big ideas, poorly executed

Let me begin by saying I have a science background, so I appreciate what the filmmakers tried to do with this movie. Ultimately, all of the ideas don't come together here.

The romance angle of the movie is fine, if a little underdeveloped and hampered by the amateur filmmaking techniques and mediocre acting. The storyline involving the isolated people should have been its own movie as that was more interesting than the main story.

The science presented in this movie is plausible, but if you don't have a science background, a lot of the technical terms that are thrown about may be confusing and too much to keep up with.

Overall, this is sadly a movie you can skip.

Reviewed by jeanmonlong 8 / 10

Cool movie with legit science

Really enjoyed the movie: cool story, good music, romance/drama but some funny moments too. (Also legit science.) It was fun to see population/evolutionary genetics in a movie like that! Note: I'm a researcher in genomics, so maybe a bit biased :)

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