A for Andromeda

A for Andromeda

2006 · 86 min · ★ 4.7 · Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

In the Yorkshire Dales, a mysterious signal from space arrives with instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once completed, the device's motives provokes discourse between scientists John Fleming and Madeleine Dawnay as further instructions are to create a living organism, which Dawnay develops. The entity compels lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and, upon manifestation, adopts her form, now known as Andromeda.

Directed by John Strickland · Written by Richard Fell

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