Guidance Comes To VOD June 17
Good Deed Entertainment will be releasing the Chinese sci-fi feature Guidance in the US (with English subtitles) next month.
Humanity has just barely survived a massive war, and public leaders are now pushing for peace. The idea starts floating in their heads that the ability to lie is the root of all conflict, and to “resolve” this, an AI nanochip is invented that alters the nervous system of whoever swallows it. Once the pill is taken, the user will be able to instantly sense when anybody talking to them is fibbing.
Well, you know how these stories go…but this one keeps things more personal by focusing on the problems the chip creates for one specific Chinese couple, rather than society as a whole. They have to figure out how to counteract the effects of the tech because knowing when they’re lying is kinda tearing their marriage apart.
Guidance stars Sun Jia (Han Miao), Harry Song (Mai Zi Xuan) and Francesco Chen (Su Jie), and was written and directed by Neysan Sobhani. The film will arrive on VOD platforms June 17.
In the not-too-distant future, humanity slowly rebuilds itself a decade after The Great War. Believing that the ability to lie is the root cause of the devastating conflict, a tech entrepreneur creates a pill containing a nanotechnology app known as “Guidance” that allegedly will make everyone more enlightened. Once swallowed, an A.I. “installs” in the person’s nervous system and aids their ability to detect deception in other people among other enhancements. A young couple goes on a weekend retreat to the countryside, and they begin to use Guidance. However, recent events have potentially compromised their trust in one another. With the tech in their bodies, the couple tries to subvert Guidance in the hopes of saving their relationship before it’s too late.
10KernelsofPopcorn
May 28, 2022 @ 2:42 am
Not sure if I will like a world where no one lies. Too much of something is as bad as too much of nothing. Balance is always a key for a great life.