Epsilon (film)

Epsilon
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Produced by Domenico Procacci
Rolf de Heer
Written by Rolf de Heer
Starring Ulli Birve
Syd Brisbane
Music by Graham Tardif
Cinematography Tony Clark
Edited by Tania Nehme
Distributed by Roadshow (AU)
Miramax (US, UK)
Release date
 23 April 1997 (Australia)
Running time
 88 minutes (1995 version)
92 minutes (1997 version)
Country Australia, Italy
Language English
Box office A$2,373 (Australia)[1]

Epsilon (also titled Alien Visitor) is a 1995 Australian-Italian science fiction film that was directed by Rolf de Heer. It features Ulli Birve and Syd Brisbane (and Aletha McGrath, but in the 1997 version only) .[2][3] The extended version of the film runs for 92 minutes and was distributed by Miramax.

Plot

The film tells the story of a young female (Birve) that was sent from the planet Epsilon to judge how humans have managed the planet. She crash lands naked in a desert, but is found by a surveyor (Brisbane) who gives her some clothes. She informs the surveyor that other alien races consider humans to be failures that suffer from carelessness and greed. She has the ability to transport herself and the surveyor instantly to any location, and she uses this to demonstrate her point. Eventually the two fall in love.[2][4]

Production

De Heer came up with the idea for the film while driving to dinner at a friend's house. Filming took over eight months.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 12 November 2012
  2. 1 2 Bleiler, David (2004). TLA Video & DVD Guide: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide. Macmillan. p. 13. ISBN 0-312-31690-9.
  3. ↑ Staff (2004). The Scarecrow Movie Guide. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 631. ISBN 1-57061-415-6.
  4. ↑ "Alien Visitor Synopsis". The Independent Film Channel LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  5. ↑ Andrew L Urban, "DE HEER, ROLF : EPSION - LONGING FOR NATURE", Urban Cinefile accessed 11 November 2012
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