What would you give to begin over and proper previous errors? That’s the query posed to Rhoda (Brit Marling) early on in One other Earth, an underrated 2011 sci-fi film. She was as soon as an excellent pupil with a vivid future, however she brought about a automobile accident that put a person, John (William Mapother), right into a coma and killed his household. Years later, she masquerades as a maid to get near him, they usually start an affair. He doesn’t know her actual id, and Rhoda is reluctant to inform him. However how can they each heal and transfer on with out dealing with the truth of their shared previous and the uncertainty of their future?
A attainable answer lies in, you guessed it, one other Earth that incorporates alternate variations of everybody on common Earth. What if John’s household remains to be alive on that planet? If Rhoda helps him journey to that planet, will she lastly forgive herself for the error she made all these years in the past?
One other Earth is a throwback to these outdated sci-fi motion pictures that ask huge questions and don’t present simple solutions. It makes use of its sci-fi idea to probe the restrictions of humanity, but additionally its biggest strengths, too.
