METROPIA

Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Finland 2009
86 minutes

Tarik Saleh

CAST

Vincent Gallo - Roger (voice)
Juliette Lewis - Nina (voice)
Udo Kier - Ivan Bahn (voice)
Stellan Skarsgård - Ralph (voice)
Alexander  Skarsgård - Stefan (voice)
Sofia Helin - Anna (voice)
Shanti Roney - Karl (voice)

Theatrical release in Sweden - November 27, 2009
 

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:
Venice Int'l Film Festival - September 3, 2009
Helsinki Int'l Film Festival - September 20, 2009
Sitges Int'l Fantastic Film Festival - October 5, 2009
Warsaw Film Festival - October 9, 2009
Pusan Int'l Film Festival - October 9, 2009
London Film Festival - October 21, 2009
Sao Paulo Int'l Film Festival - October 23, 2009
SF Int'l Animation Festival - November 15, 2009
Stockholm Film Festival - November 20, 2009
Oslo Int'l Film Festival - November 24, 2009

Set in Europe in the not-so-distant future. Europe has been brought to its knees by environmental disaster and economic crisis. The continent has been connected by a giant high-speed subway system which zips from Stockholm to Paris to Ingolstadt in three stops. The power behind the subway is a vast and shady corporation run by the slippery Ivan Bahn (voiced by Keir). The Winston Smith in this instance is Roger (Gallo), a normal fellow from Stockholm suffering from some depression, insomnia and suspicions that his girlfriend is having an affair. One day when he enters the subway system, he starts to hear a stranger’s voice in his head claiming to be his inner self. .Although Roger is on his way to work, he is distracted by the sight of the beautiful Nina (Lewis), a model from a shampoo commercial. When she confronts him for following her, she also brings up the voice in his head, leading him into a conspiracy that will uncover the secrets of the corporation and its sinister designs on mind control.