
Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey - in search not only for his memory but perhaps also for a new identity. MP finds himself confronted by a world in which there are no longer any certainties; an era of crisis on many levels. On his travels from country to country, portrayed via an associative image montage and through a series of strange, illuminating, sometimes comic encounters, MP attempts ... (Full plot summary below)
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Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey - in search not only for his memory but perhaps also for a new identity. MP finds himself confronted by a world in which there are no longer any certainties; an era of crisis on many levels. On his travels from country to country, portrayed via an associative image montage and through a series of strange, illuminating, sometimes comic encounters, MP attempts to gain insight into the complexity of life in the 21st-century West - into what commentators have called an age of 'rolling catastrophe'.
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| Maven's NestNora Lee MandelFor all the high-concept structure and intellectual imagery, Tan keeps her focus on the individual. . . to see how Europe got to "rolling catastrophes" since 2008. |
| GuardianAndrew PulverTan shows that she has an exceptional eye for location and composition; History's Future is an intriguing, original piece that suggests she's a natural film director. I'm looking forward to what she does next. |
| Film Ireland MagazineTony TracyWhile this is director Fiona Tan's debut feature film, she is an internationally respected multi-media conceptual artist and this background contributes to the film's often cerebral and highly visual vignettes... |