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 "Robot & Frank" by Jake Schreier, 2012

1th September, 2020 

Join us for the  13th installment of the 4M Impact of technology on society as we turn our gaze to the nature of companionship and whether robots could replace the bonds which we create with other humans.  Director Jake Schreier and writer Christopher Ford set this heartwarming tale in the near future where Frank Weld lives out his twilight years until his son gets him a robot companion.  

Plot

Frank's son Hunter, with his own life and responsibilities, grows weary of trekking once a week to visit his father.  He is reluctant to put his father into a full-time care home, so he does the next best thing and buys him a robot companion, which is programmed to keep Frank stimulated with a fixed daily routine and cognition-enhancing activities like gardening. At the start Frank is  wary of the robot's being in his life, but he warms up to his new companion when he realizes the robot is not programmed to distinguish between legal recreational activities and criminal ones, and can assist him in his after hours activities.

 Language

The film will be screened in English subtitles. Chinese subtitles may be added depending on availability. 

Event Itinerary

19:00-19:15 Registrations 

19:15-21:30 Film screening 

21:30-22:00 Discussion

Registration

Price: 40 RMB

Please register on Yoopay. 

N.B.: All attendees must have a "green" health QR code and have been in Shanghai for more than 2 weeks.

Co-organizer 

Shanghai bunker film club, an underground (in all senses) film club focusing on screening high-quality movies from different times and countries.

Venue

Agora Space is an international co-working office located in Xuhui district, Shanghai. We are engineers, makers, traders, designers, and entrepreneurs working as freelancers or running startups or businesses.

Location