IFC Films and Shudder are bringing us Humane, a chilling dystopian satire from Caitlin Cronenberg, making her highly anticipated feature directorial debut. The film will open exclusively in US cinemas on Friday 26th April and will stream on Shudder starting on 26th July.
HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth’s population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation’s new euthanasia program. But when the father’s plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.
The film stars Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher and Alanna Bale.
HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth’s population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation’s new euthanasia program. But when the father’s plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.
The film stars Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher and Alanna Bale.
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00:00 [silence]
00:06 [music]
00:07 While we every day bear witness to the catastrophic ecological collapse that is plaguing our planet,
00:13 we must not forget that this is, above all, a human crisis.
00:18 [music]
00:23 I am in favor of this government doing whatever it takes to win this war.
00:28 It's not a war. Wars have opposing sides.
00:30 Humanity is the opposing side.
00:33 [music]
00:36 We are engaged in nothing less than a life and death struggle against our own extinction.
00:41 [music]
00:44 We are so happy you all joined us tonight for a family dinner.
00:47 [music]
00:48 What is going on?
00:49 [music]
00:52 We've decided to enlist.
00:54 What?
00:55 [music]
01:00 She's gone.
01:01 I'm sorry, I can't do it. I will always love you.
01:05 [music]
01:07 Hi, I'm Bob.
01:09 It's them!
01:11 Oh, they're early.
01:13 [sigh]
01:14 [music]
01:16 You're not gonna like this, but we're here to collect two bodies.
01:20 I already told you Don left.
01:22 And that's unfortunate.
01:24 [sword slash]
01:25 But the rules are the same for everybody.
01:28 [music]
01:30 Think about your lives.
01:32 I'm sure one of you is gonna realize that it's not all that great.
01:36 [music]
01:38 I know we're family and all, but if Bob needs a second body, it's not gonna be mine.
01:45 [music]
01:46 What are they still doing in the house?
01:48 Based on my experience in similar situations, I wanna say, yeah, killing one another.
01:54 [music]
02:01 You think I'm the bad guy, but I'm doing important work to save the planet.
02:06 [music]
02:08 We can get through this, but we have to stick together.
02:11 [music]
02:16 It's been a hell of a night, huh?
02:18 [music]