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A woman (Amy Seimetz) is abducted and hypnotized with an material harvested from a specific flower. When she falls for a man (Carruth), the two come to realize he may also have been subjected to the same process. They search urgently for a place of safety within each other and struggle to assemble the fragments of their wrecked lives, unknowingly drawn into the life cycle of a presence that permeates the microscopic world. Review ------ Did one of the best movies ever made just debut at Sundance? --TIME Magazine Having the movie wash over me was one of the most transcendent experiences of my moviegoing life --AV Club A dramatically obscure, technically brilliant experiment in speculative fiction from Shane Carruth --Hollywood Reporter P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Actor --------------- Amy Seimetz first came to prominence producing and directing shorts and independent films. Most notably associate producing Barry Jenkins' Mecidine For Melancholy which was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards, after playing at South By Southwest and the Toronto International Film Festival. Andrew Sensenig - With an acting career that began as "Tommy with the Tummy Ache" in the 2nd grade Thanksgiving play, Andrew's journey was just getting started. The next two decades would be filled with a multitude of award-winning theatrical productions, hundreds of musical compositions and keyboard performances, and professional training at institutions including The Circle in The Square on Broadway, Millikin University, and North Carolina School of the Arts. However, the "real world" had its calling and propelled Andy into the world of computer consulting, investment banking, philanthropic endeavors, and family man; until recently, when the entertainment bug returned in a big way. Initially, he worked as a composer and co-writer for "The Water Coolers", which enjoyed an Off-Broadway run in 2002, and continues to tour the world with theatrical and corporate performances. Andrew jumped back into acting in 2006 with a sink-or-swim mentality. Hard work, perseverance, and a passion for great projects have landed leading and major supporting roles for Andy in well over 100 projects in just his first five years alone; ranging from award-winning short and independent feature films, to major studio features, network episodic television, and household-name commercials. Playing Budweiser's tepid bartender in the Super 2011 commercial along side of Peter Stormare's villain still has people singing "Tiny Dancer" around the world. About the Director ------------------ Carruth was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University. Carruth wrote, directed, produced, performed one of the two main roles, and composed the music for his independent film Primer, which was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. Carruth, a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, utilized his technical knowledge on the project. David Sullivan, one of the leads in Primer, cled on his Twitter that Shane Carruth's next project, A Topiary, is in the early stages of pre-production. Filmmaker Rian Johnson also posted: Shane... has a mind-blowing sci-fi script. Let's all pray to the movie-gods that he gets it made soon; In 2010, several news sources reported that A Topiary is in the works, and that the script is written. There is already a website for the movie which, according to Carruth in an interview to io9, The website for now is just a place mark as financing has yet to be completed. I'm cautiously optimistic that this can happen soon and couldn't be happier with the filmmakers that have committed to the project so far. Carruth was confirmed to have worked on the creation of the time-travel sequences for filmmaker Rian Johnson's science fiction film Looper. On January 21st, 2013 Carruth premiered his film Upstream Color at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. Carruth and Johnny Marshall won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Sound Design for the film. Keith Kimbell wrote that it was the most anticipated (and most difficult to describe) film in competition, and most critics couldn't stop talking about it. See more ( javascript:void(0) )