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Neptune Frost
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Wikipedia article
'Neptune Frost' is a 2021 science fiction romantic musical film co-directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, and starring Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo and Kaya Free. It follows the relationship between Neptune and Matalusa, coltan miners whose love leads a hacker collective. Ezra Miller serves as a producer, while Lin-Manuel Miranda executive produces.
It had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on July 8, 2021 and was released in the United States on June 3, 2022, by Kino Lorber to critical acclaim.Neptune Frost is the name of a Revolutionary soldier found at Old Burying Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He and Cato Ste(e)dman served in the Continental Army 1775.
Plot
The film is an Afrofuturist story set in a village in Rwanda made of computer parts, and centers on the relationship between Neptune, an intersex runaway, and Matalusa, a coltan miner, whose love leads a hacker collective.Tambay Obenson, [https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/neptune-frost-saul-williams-cannes-1234650362/ "Neptune Frost: Saul Williams Confronts Status Quo with East African Cyber Musical"]. 'IndieWire', July 17, 2021.
Cast
* Cheryl Isheja as Neptune
* Elvis Ngabo as Neptune
* Bertrand "Kaya Free" Ninteretse as Matalusa
* Eliane Umuhire as Memory
* Dorcy Rugamba as Innocent
* Rebecca Uwamahoro as Elohel
* Trsor Niyongabo as Psychology
* Eric Ngangare "1Key" as Potolo
* Natacha Muziramakenga as Binya
* Ccile Kayirebwa as Nun
* Diogene "Atome" Ntarindwa as Priest
Production
The project was originally conceived by Saul Williams as a graphic novel and stage musical.Wendy Ide, [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/neptune-frost-cannes-review/5161583.article "Neptune Frost: Cannes Review"]. 'Screen Daily', July 14, 2021. In 2018, Williams launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds, with Lin-Manuel Miranda joining as an executive producer.
In February 2020, it was announced that Ezra Miller and Stephen Hendel were set to produce, with principal photography commencing. Production took place over the course of 27 days in Rwanda.Christopher Vourlias, [https://variety.com/2021/film/global/saul-williams-neptune-frost-1235010586/ "Saul Williams on Mad Dash to Bring His African Sci-Fi Musical Neptune Frost to Cannes"]. 'Variety', July 16, 2021.
Release
'Neptune Frost' had its world premiere on July 8, 2021. at the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,Tom Grater, [https://deadline.com/video/neptune-frost-cannes-directors-fortnight-pic-ezra-miller-lin-manuel-miranda/ "Neptune Frost First Clip: Cannes Directors Fortnight Pic Is Produced By Ezra Miller & Lin-Manuel Miranda"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', July 11, 2021. where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm.Yves Lafontaine, [https://www.fugues.com/2021/06/29/les-films-du-festival-de-cannes-en-lice-pour-la-queer-palm/ "Les films du Festival de Cannes en lice pour la Queer Palm"]. 'Fugues', June 29, 2021. It had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2021.Ben Dalton, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/toronto-sets-tiff-docs-midnight-madness-wavelengths-titles-for-2021/5162210.article "Toronto sets TIFF Docs, Midnight Madness, Wavelengths titles for 2021"]. 'Screen Daily', August 4, 2021. It also screened at the New York Film Festival on October 2, 2021. and the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022.
In December 2021, Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. It was released in the United States on a limited release on June 3, 2022.
Reception
On Metacritic, the film had a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."
See also
*List of Afrofuturist films
References
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