Vivarium (film)
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| Directed by | Lorcan Finnegan |
| Screenplay by | Garret Shanley |
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| Cinematography | MacGregor |
| Edited by | Tony Cranstoun |
| Music by | Kristian Eidnes Andersen |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | €4 million |
| Box office | $487,625 |
Vivarium is a 2019 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley. Shanley also wrote the screenplay. An international co-production of Ireland, Denmark and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, and Éanna Hardwicke.
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. It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2019, and was released in Ireland on 27 March 2020 by Vertigo Releasing.