Realive (2016)
When Marc is diagnosed with cancer, instead of slowly dying from the cancer, he decides to take his own life before his body starts to fail so that he can be reanimated in the future. 100 years later Marc is bought back to life, but he struggles to live as a lab rat in this futuristic society.
Mateo Gil’s beautifully shot film is a heart rending take on the emotional, psychological and moral ramifications of the bringing the dead back to life and into a world that’s completely alien to them. Gil’s screenplay wonderfully looks at all the things that define what is means to be human, love, friendship, companionship, the desire to succeed and achieve and the ability to cherish and relive one’s memories. It may not be typical Frightfest material but it’s an exceptionally beautiful film.
