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Synopsis: The organization Brand New-U identifies networks of IDENTICALS - people who walk like you, talk like you, but are walking through different, better lives - and helps their customers make a life upgrade: eliminating the better-life donor, and relocating their client to that brand new life. Slater seems to have the perfect life, the perfect job and the perfect girlfriend. But when Slater's girlfriend is abducted by Brand New-U, and a corpse left in her place, he is forced to become an Identical. As he moves through a series of parallel lives, he becomes more and more obsessed with finding his girlfriend, but what he must find in the end is himself.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Simon Pummell
Production: Hot Property Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
R
Year:
2015
100 min
Website
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Then you'll have to take your chances.

Nobody will believe you,

and you will be found guilty.

And...

And will I find her? Will I find her?

You'll find everyone you truly need.

Take nothing with you, that's the rule.

You don't have to make a choice

yet, let me just profile you.

Just to see if our

program will work for you.

I'll leave you to think it over.

Police have identified

the body of a young woman

found at the house in this

street as Nadia Seville.

They're also searching for a man

believed to be her boyfriend.

His name's Slater Brenner.

We've spoken to neighbors

here in the street,

they said they heard the sound of

a struggle earlier this morning.

Police are treating

this as suspicious

and asked anybody with information

to contact them in

the incident room.

The number is 08081570570.

Live at the scene, I'm

Anthony Davis. Back to you.

Now, this is a very easy test.

I make a statement and you say yes or no,

based on whether you believe

that statement applies to you.

Remember there is no right answer,

only what is right for you. Okay?

Okay.

I want to repeat that.

Remember there is no right answer,

only what is right for you. Okay?

Okay.

I want to repeat that.

Remember there is no right answer,

only what is right for you. Okay?

Okay.

I'm being followed.

Yes.

I'm not afraid of fire.

Yes.

I don't mind meeting strangers.

Yes.

I like hurting animals.

No.

I fall asleep easily.

No.

Are you sure?

Yes.

I fall asleep easily.

No.

Easily I fall asleep.

No.

Easily I fall in love.

No.

I fall in love quickly.

No.

Are you sure?

Easily I fall asleep.

No.

Maybe if you fell in love

more easily you'd sleep better.

I fall asleep easily.

Yes.

Easily I fall in love.

Um...

Easily I fall in love.

I fall in love quickly.

You are totally alone, Slater.

Help me!

You are totally alone.

We are your only friends now.

I will always love you.

We want to help you.

Who else would do that?

What do we believe?

There's a better life somewhere else.

There's a better life

for us somewhere else.

There's a better life waiting for us.

There's a better

life waiting for us.

An almost perfect match

to your profile results.

Somewhere else.

I think we can pass you

along to the theater team.

First thing tomorrow.

Somebody else.

Let's see how we've done then, shall we?

Well, you've healed marvelously.

We're very happy with you.

Now,

would you like to see your new face?

Strange.

So, what do you think?

Seems so familiar.

Good, that's a sign you're highly adaptive.

Love your new face.

It's your passport to a brand new life.

Most people find this last stage difficult.

All done?

Done.

I have your life transition

agreement for you to sign.

A contract that balances the needs

of all the stakeholders in this situation.

The core of the contract is the

new life that is on loan to you

will remain the property of the company.

There is only one rule.

You must take nothing of

your old life with you.

What if I need...

What you need is a blank slate

on which to write a brand new you.

You need to sign it.

You relocate tomorrow. Right?

Mmm, right.

Brand New-U.

Brand New-U.

Brand New-U.

Brand New-U.

Brand New-U.

We've carefully designed

this life to match your profile,

and you must embrace it.

We select what you

need, not what you want.

We've chosen a vibrant, developing

area for you to live in.

It's currently attracting thousands

of adventurous young

couples and families

ready to start new lives.

Commerce is thriving, and the

area is being totally rebuilt.

We all have to work, even

when we get a brand new life,

but we've selected a form of work

that has a controlled

level of human contact.

This is carefully designed to

allow you to familiarize yourself

with your new work procedures

and unchallenging environment,

where no one needs to...

We've carefully designed this life

to match your profile

and you must embrace it.

We select what you

need, not what you want.

Slater. Good to see you. You well?

Come on.

Let's go.

Doesn't it make you wanna jump sometimes?

God, yeah. You?

I'll see you tomorrow.

Hey, hey! Excuse me.

Sorry, I...

Sorry.

This stuff is a wonder

of f***ing technology.

Look, Mephedrone, 4-MMMC with an

added molecule, it's totally legal.

- Bunny hop.

- What?

That's what it's called.

But what I'm saying is,

life is just maths, isn't it?

Life is just maths if you're a

total f***ing geek, like you, Joe.

All right, close your

eyes. Close your eyes.

All right, open your eyes.

Let's say you've got

a one-in-four chance

of getting your head blown off, okay?

Choose one of the cans,

open it next to your head.

Ooh!

Ooh!

What the f***?

What? I was just being friendly.

Choosers can't be beggars.

Beggars can't be chooser, you f***ing...

You know, you're very attractive.

Thank you.

But I don't really go for

guys. I'm more into women.

Really? Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure, what the

f***'s that supposed to mean?

That's not what it says in your profile.

There's a health risk involved.

- Got an elevated sense of stupidity...

- What?

For a starter.

Being around Joe brings out your

mean streak, you do know that?

What?

That's why I like him.

Oh, sh*t, sorry, that was...

That was inappropriate.

You mean you're not my friend?

F***.

You're just some creepy check-up?

Get out.

- What?

- Get out.

- What, is this a joke?

- Get the f*** out now!

Okay, we're going.

You're out of line.

You're a real jerk-off, you know?

I am your friend. And yes, I'm

here to look up on you, but...

What, you think they're just gonna

let their new lifers sink or swim?

They care whether you

make it or not, you know.

I'm just here to look for signs

that you need a little help.

For example,

you have a new picture.

No, that's, uh... That's always been...

No, no, it's new. Or worse, this is old.

- You can't have that. Please.

- You don't need this.

Let her go, Slater.

There are rules, you know that.

You're looking in the wrong direction,

and that always makes things complicated.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Hey, sorry.

Hey.

Do I know you?

Uh...

Well, actually, do I know you? I

feel like I've seen your face before.

This is a guest announcement.

We will be closing in 10 minutes.

I should go catch a train.

No.

It was nice, really.

We're closing.

- I had fun, really.

- Really?

It was nice.

That's a lie, it was great, it was amazing.

It was.

It was.

Hmm.

Don't you ever get a feeling

we've known each other for...

At least longer than an evening?

Yeah. It's a strange feeling, isn't it?

Mmm. It's beautiful, right?

Yeah.

I've been looking for you.

What do you mean?

I just mean, um... I'm

really glad you're here.

I'm glad, too.

This is a guest announcement...

Better get going.

We will be closing in 10 minutes.

We hope you enjoyed your visit.

Have a safe journey home.

Thanks. Good night.

Good night.

See you.

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Simon Pummell

Simon Pummell is a British filmmaker currently based in Amsterdam in The Netherlands, best known for directing Bodysong (2003) a documentary feature film that portrays the human life-cycle through archive footage from across a century of moving image creation.He studied Film & Television in the animation department at the Royal College of Art. more…

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