Back EXistenZ Catalan Existenz Welsh EXistenZ German EXistenZ EML EXistenZ Spanish اگزیستنز Persian EXistenZ (elokuva) Finnish EXistenZ French אקזיסטנז HE EXistenZ – Az élet játék Hungarian
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| Directed by | David Cronenberg |
| Written by | David Cronenberg |
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| Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
| Edited by | Ronald Sanders |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
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Running time | 97 minutes[3] |
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| Language | English |
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| Box office | $5.5 million (Canada/UK/US) |
Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who finds herself targeted by assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation.[7] An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman.[8]
The film received mostly positive reviews upon release. Cronenberg was awarded a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival for the film.
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