Surgery is the new sex.
With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission -- to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.
Director
David Cronenberg
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Country
Canada, France, Greece, United Kingdom
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Top billed cast
Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Kristen Stewart, Welket Bungué
Production companies
Serendipity Point Films, Argonauts Productions S.A., Ingenious Media, Téléfilm Canada, Bell Media Studios, CBC Films, Ontario Creates, RocketScience, Crave, Davis Films
Keywords
detective, murder, performance art, transhumanism, surgery, shipyard, body horror, dystopian, organ harvesting, biotech company
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