The Quiet Earth (1985)

91 min · Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

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Directors

Geoff Murphy

Cast

Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher, Tom Hyde

The story

On July 5, a mysterious phenomenon briefly darkens the sky over Hamilton, New Zealand. Zac Hobson, a scientist working on Project Flashlight (an experiment designed to create a wireless global energy grid), awakens to find all radio transmissions silent. He soon discovers that humanity has vanished, evidenced by deserted cities and the wreckage of a passenger plane with no bodies.

Catalogue themes and tags

Beziehungsdreieck, Bomb, Experiment, Jealousy, New Zealand, Postapokalyptisch, Survivor, Wissenschaftlerin, Woman between two Men, Thriller, Science Fiction, Indie, World cinema, Doomsday film, Existentialism, Mystery, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Drama, Disaster

Genres

Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

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