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Utopian Dreams

GENRE STORYTELLING LOVES TO play with the idea of utopian societies created to provide the utmost security, comfort and sometimes even luxury – but at a cost. From Brave New World to Logan’s Run, there are countless explorations in text and cinema – with a myriad of creative tweaks – that provoke our selfish impulses as well as our moral compasses. But not many are told from the perspective of a woman being tempted.

Director Olivia Wilde and screenwriter. Set in 1950s Palm Springs, it presents Alice (Florence Pugh) and Jack Chambers (Harry Styles) as the newest residents of the insular, gated company town of Victory.

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