Low-Flying Aircraft

Low-Flying Aircraft

2002 · 80 min · ★ 6.1 · Science Fiction, Thriller

Based on a the short story "Low Flying Aircraft" by J.G. Ballard and set in a near future where humans are dying breed. Judite and André flee to a semi-abandoned apartment complex to protect their mutant child from certain death.

Directed by Solveig Nordlund · Written by Colin Tucker

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