The Congress

• Drama
• Science Fiction
• Animation

Robin Wright portrays a version of herself grappling with fading relevance in a near-future where actors can sell their digital likenesses for perpetual use, entering a dazzling, unsettling world of total artistic commodification. This isn’t a sci-fi action film, but a deeply contemplative drama—punctuated by strikingly imaginative animated sequences—exploring the anxieties of performance, identity, and the loss of self in a hyper-mediated reality. The film’s central act shifts unexpectedly, plunging the protagonist into a surreal, politically charged simulation, forcing her to confront not only her own regrets but the manufactured desires of an audience who have lost touch with authenticity. It’s a hauntingly melancholic exploration of artistic freedom and the ethical compromises demanded by a world obsessed with image, culminating in a quietly devastating meditation on what it means to truly *be* someone when your very essence has been replicated and resold.