Ted Chiang'ın kısa öyküsünden sinemaya uyarlanan film, dünya dışı yapıların uzaydan yeryüzünde farklı noktalara iniş yapmasıyla dilbilimci Dr. Louise Banks ve ekibinin, uzaylıların geliş amacını çözmeye çalışmasına odaklanıyor. Uzaylılar bir tehlike midir yoksa barışçıl amaçlarla mı gelmişlerdir?

Geliş

Fareed, a young poet of Berber origin, has a sewing workshop in his apartment in Montreal. At first, Fareed doesn’t react at the accusing finger the news media point at all Muslims. But Fareed is forced to react when a client finds herself embarrassed by a message he has left in one of the dresses.

Fareed

Louise Denoncourt, a parole officer, skillfully operates an experimental rehabilitation wing for criminals who have committed homicides. When she finds herself in front of Marc St-Germain, a new inmate whom her father suspects of being her mother's murderer, she embarks on a mission that quickly overwhelms her. She then puts everything at stake, even her life, in order to prevent any desire to reoffend. But will she be overtaken by the desire to avenge her family history?