Friendship's Death

Friendship's Death (1987)

A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan during the Black September riots of 1970. Sullivan, a British journalist, comes to her aid when she is found wandering without papers following a bombing and grants her refuge in his hotel room. But there she tells him she is a robot, sent as a peace envoy from another planet. He is not sure whether to believe her story or not, but finds her unusual view of the world appealing. They examine the human condition in a series of incredibly insightful and entertaining conversations.

Date of release
1987-08-17
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Science Fiction, Drama
Director
Peter Wollen

Casting

Interesting facts

Friendship's Death is a 1987 film directed by Peter Wollen. Wollen's only solo feature, the film stars Bill Paterson and Tilda Swinton, and is the story of the relationship between a British war correspondent and a female extraterrestrial robot on a peace mission to Earth, who, missing her intended destination of MIT, inadvertently lands in Amman, Jordan during the events of Black September 1970.

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