Reverence

Nov 30, 2006

0h 30m

★ 7.0

Afraid of the future?

Overview

The near future. Every night the media show new reports about war and terror which constantly loom like a dark cloud over the nation. To protect the citizens from possible air attacks the GNOSIS Corporation has developed a personal bomb shelter for everyone - the new BS-2016. While nearly every household in the city has one installed already, 12 year old Alex is still begging his dad to finally buy one so he can feel safe. As the air raid alarms go off that night and lights from exploding rockets gloom in the dark skies it seems too late: Alex has to face his fears and soon discovers a dark conspiracy that not only threatens his life but the life of his whole family as well.

Genres

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Reverence Trailers

Cast

Alex

Nils Vogeley

Philip

Georg Prang

Nina

Christina Uhland

Eva

Bibiana Beglau

Gnosis-Direktor

Hans Peter Hallwachs

Frank

Jakob Hufnagel

Lehrerin

Hede Beck

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