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Swan Song

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Directed by Benjamin Cleary
Produced by Mahershala Ali, Jonathan King, Rebecca Bourke, Jacob Perlin, Adam Shulman, and Mimi Valdes
Written by Benjamin Cleary
With: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina, Glenn Close, Nyasha Hatendi, Adam Beach, and Lee Shorten
Cinematography: Masanobu Takayanagi
Editing: Nathan Nugent
Music: Jay Wadley
Runtime: 112 min
Release Date: 17 December 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Ali's nuanced dual performance adds weight to Cleary’s existential drama about a family man with a terminal illness who considers sparing the grief of his loved ones by replacing himself with a clone. Premise too facile and execution too inert to provoke much contemplation of the questions the movie asks.