The Congress

The Congress

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The Congress is Ari Folman's new film starring Robin Wright. Following the success of Waltz With Bashir, The Congress is a live action/animation film based on the novel The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem. The film tells the story of an aging actress with a disabled child who agrees to a large payment to have a full body imaging that will be digitized to create a digital actress controlled by the studio. The film features a beautiful score by Max Richter (Vivaldi Recomposed) and inventive versions of "Forever Young" and "If It Be Your Will" performed by by Robin Wright.