Taglines: Your time is coming to an end. Ours is now beginning.
Fast forward fifty years into the future, planet earth is in the midst of gradual desertification. Mankind struggles to survive as the environment deteriorates and the slow regression of the human race begins in Automata. On the brink of life and the reality of death, technology combats the prevailing uncertainty and fear with the creation of the first quantum android, the Automata Pilgrim 7000. Designed to bring support to society’s plight, man and robot reveal what it means to co-exist in a culture defined by human nature.
The descent of civilization is juxtaposed by the rise of ROC, the corporation at the helm of robotic intelligence. Despite the demise of humanity, the company has set forth security protocols to ensure mankind always maintains control over the manufactured population. As ROC insurance agent, Jacq Vaucan (Antonio Banderas) routinely investigates cases and complaints surrounding defective androids, he begins to uncover the secrets behind who is really manipulating the Automata Pilgrim 7000. Jacq’s own suspicions propel the mystery— uncovering a truth that is far more complex than the make or model of any machine.
Writer / Director Gabe Ibáñez was driven to tell a story that blurs the lines between science fiction and reality. Ibáñez gives audiences a compelling look into the theory of evolution and what life might be like for mankind in the not too distant future. With powerful performances from a cast including Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Melanie Griffith, Dylan McDermott and Robert Forster, AUTÓMATA is a sci-fi film noir that explores the potential dangers and complexities when mind and machine merge.
Automata is a science fiction film starring Antonio Banderas. The film is directed by Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez and co-written by Ibáñez with Igor Legarreta and Javier Sánchez Donate. Along with Banderas, the film stars Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Melanie Griffith, Dylan McDermott, Robert Forster and Tim McInnerny.
About the Story
In the future, solar flares make the earths surface radioactive, killing many people. People build robots, the Automatas, to help them rebuild in harsh environments. The robots have two inalterable protocols: the first obliges them to preserve human life; the second limits them from fixing themselves. Jacq works as insurance claim checker for the company that makes the robots, ROC. One day he investigates a report from a cop, Wallace, who shot a robot claiming it was fixing itself and looked alive. The next day, he follows a robot which was stealing parts, and when Jacq finds it hiding outside the walls, it intentionally burns itself. He takes the burned robot’s brain core. Jacq’s friend Robert tells him that there might be someone, a clockmaster, who somehow succeeded in altering the second protocol.
Jacq shares this with Wallace. He brings him to a place with robots as prostitutes. When Jacq mentions that he need to contact a clockmaster, the cop shoots at the hostess robot Cleo, saying it will lure Cleo’s clockmaster. Jacq meets Cleo’s clockmaster Dr. Dupre but gets no valuable info, so he leaves the parts he found to her. The next day however, Dupre calls Jacq and shows that Cleo has began repairing herself after she installed the used core in her. Jacq messages Robert about it, but ROC intercepts it and sends a hit squad to kill them. Dupre dies but Jacq hops into the car as Cleo escapes with it. Jacq wakes up the next morning in the radioactive area with two other robots. They don’t obey his command to take him to the city, but the first protocol makes them carry him with them and save him from dehydration.
Automata
Directed by: Gabe Ibáñez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Dylan McDermott, Robert Forster, Tim McInnerny
Melanie Griffith
Screenplay by: Gabe Ibáñez, Igor Legaretta Gomez, Javier Sanchez Donate
Production Design by: Patrick Salvador
Cinematography by: Alejandro Martínez
Film Editing by: Sergio Rozas
Costume Design by: Armaveni Stoyanova
Art Direction by: Kes Bonnet
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and some sexual content.
Studio: Millennium Entertainment
Release Date: October 10, 2014
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