Eternal You

TIFF.23 - What's Up, Doc?

en/ko

Section: What's Up, Doc?
Title: Eternal You
Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
Duration: 1h 27m
Country: Germany
Language: en/ko
Year: 2024

Joshua chats day and night with the digital clone of his deceased first love. Christi just wants confirmation that her late best friend is doing well in heaven, but has a harrowing experience with his AI likeness. The inventors of this service deny any responsibility for the profound psychological consequences of those experiences. Numerous competitors hope for a lucrative market, as religious and collective forms of mourning are losing relevance. Is this the beginning of the end of finitude?