Vivarium (film)

Vivarium
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLorcan Finnegan
Screenplay byGarret Shanley
Story by
  • Garret Shanley
  • Lorcan Finnegan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMacGregor
Edited byTony Cranstoun
Music byKristian Eidnes Andersen
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 26 March 2020 (2020-03-26) (Ireland)
Running time
97 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget€4 million[4]
Box office$434,030[5]

Vivarium is a 2019 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley. An international co-production between Ireland, Denmark, and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, and Éanna Hardwicke.

It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2019, and was released in Ireland on 27 March 2020 by Vertigo Releasing. The film follows a couple (Eisenberg and Poots) who are forced to care for a mysterious humanoid creature while trapped in a strange, vivarium-like neighbourhood.

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  3. ^ a b c "Vivarium". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ Trenholm, Richard (2020). "Jesse Eisenberg stars in Vivarium, the perfect self isolation horror movie". CNET. Vivarium, which cost 4 million euros (about $4.3 million, £3.6 million or AU$7.3 million).
  5. ^ "Vivarium (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 March 2020.