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Synopsis: Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
Director(s): Brandon Cronenberg
Production: IFC
  4 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
108 min
Website
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Shh.

Tell Dorian we'll be in touch.

She's perfect somehow,

isn't she?

More than perfect.

More than human.

Her eyes.

Are... Are you OK?

Sorry. Excuse me for a moment.

Whoa, hey.

Whoa. What is wrong with you?

I need to go.

Can you finish? Please?

Sh*t.

We tracked down

The Future of Smiles,

an office where we spoke to the

principal coordinator, Gregory Hurek.

Mr Hurek refused to appear on...

Oh, hey. A couple of guys

were here looking for you.

Portland somebody?

I didn't get the other guy's name.

But, look, he left you a number.

Here.

Has anyone been in the apartment?

You know, they wanted me to let them in,

but it's against the law.

So where were you?

Um...

- I was... asleep.

- Yeah, that's what I figured.

I know you've been sick.

Wow, I'll tell you,

it's pretty shocking.

And now they're saying it's a virus

that she picked up in China.

But her family

will not let them autopsy the body

until they fly over a specialist

from Munich.

Autopsy?

Well, they want their own doctor.

They're German.

Hey!

- You get in line.

- Everyone listen carefully!

We're cutting our last tray

of Hannah Geist for the day.

If you get a ticket,

you can buy one three-ounce steak.

If you don't get a ticket,

you have to come back tomorrow.

- Is Arvid around?

- Yeah, he's in the back.

Are you aware

they're still growing the cancer cells

of a woman who died in the 1950s,

Henrietta Lacks?

Yeah, they use them for research.

So these cells of hers are alive

and multiplying all over the world.

The afterlife is getting

extremely perverse.

What happened to Hannah Geist?

You don't know?

I think I was asleep.

She was sick for about a week.

Nothing serious.

Then this morning

one of her aides found her dead.

She was in China looking at orphans,

but none of her entourage

are having any problems,

so they don't know what it is she had

or how it was communicated.

It's quite an ordeal for the family.

This all must feel

a bit personal to you.

How so?

Well, you were one of the last people

to see her alive.

- Where'd you hear that?

- I have big ears.

I was hoping

that's why you came to see me.

Sorry to disappoint.

That's too bad,

because that virus would be

the holy grail while this heat lasts.

Is there any chance

you can get me a taste?

I wish. We can't hold deadly pathogens.

I'm sure the health board

already took everything.

Yeah? What about you? You look sick.

I am sick.

Listen, my console's down.

You know anybody with parts to spare?

Maybe.

The antipiracy lobby is fairly insane

right now, so everyone's paranoid.

- I need a new 80-box.

- I'll see what I can do.

Hey. Hey, hey.

Is it true they arrested Derek Lessing?

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Brandon Cronenberg

Brandon Cronenberg (born circa 1980) is a Canadian writer and film director. He is the son of Carolyn (née Zeifman) and acclaimed director David Cronenberg. He is of Jewish descent. He studied film at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He initially considered himself to be a "book nerd" growing up, who was interested in becoming a writer, painter or musician. He came to realize that film contained all those elements and attended film school.His first feature film Antiviral debuted at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. Cronenberg re-edited the movie after the festival to make it tighter, trimming nearly six minutes out of the film. The revised film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival more…

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