Equals

• Drama
• Romance
• Science Fiction

In a clinically sterile future where emotional experience is genetically suppressed, a quiet illustrator and a dedicated colleague unexpectedly develop “Switched-On Syndrome,” a condition reawakening their capacity for feelings—joy, sorrow, and ultimately, a forbidden love. As their connection deepens amidst a society terrified by emotional contagion, they navigate a system designed to ‘cure’ them, risking everything for authentic connection. This isn’t a dystopian action film, but a contemplative, visually restrained drama focusing on the subtle rebellion of interiority and the poignant fragility of newfound emotions in a world committed to their erasure, punctuated by moments of aching loneliness and defiant intimacy. The film explores the very definition of humanity when stripped of its core emotional landscape, and the desperate yearning for connection that defines the human condition.