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Cube

Vincenzo NATALI

Canada1998 90min color

Synopsis

Six people who don? know each other, awake and find themselves in a cube shaped room, not knowing how they got there or why. They soon find out they are inside a prison formed by a cluster of several chambers, all alike, as in a Rubick cube. The group is a policeman, a young math student, an autist young man, a woman doctor, an ex-convict and a man who desperately try to avoid talking about his relation with the labyrinth. The chambers become a deadly trap. All must outsmart the system. Slowly, they discover that each holds a key to unlocking this diabolical puzzle. But as a mathematical formula for escape begins to reveal itself, the enemy rises from within themselves and survival is threatened by the same human weakness that created the Cube.

Diretor

Vincenzo NATALI

Born in Detroit, USA, but soon moved to Toronto. At the age of 14 he shot with Andre' Bijelic, who later became the co-screen playwright of Cube and the film Nuclear Memories. He then went on to music videos and drew some storyboads for many films including Johnny Mnemonic. His first shorts were Mouth (91) and Playground(92). Cube (98) is his first full-length film and has won the Best First Film prize in Toronto and the Best Film Award at Sitges 98.