MOVIE · 2017
The Discovery
DramaMysteryRomanceSci-FiThriller102 min
In the near future, Dr. Thomas Harbor’s proof that an afterlife exists has shaken the world, with thousands choosing suicide in hopes of resetting their existence. Jason Segel is Will Harbor, the scientist’s estranged son, who arrives at his father’s isolated compound with Isla, a guarded young woman Rooney Mara gives a quiet, elusive presence. There, Will finds Robert Redford’s Harbor pressing ahead with new experiments, surrounded by followers who treat his work with near-religious devotion, while his connection with Isla pulls him deeper into the fallout of the discovery.
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