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The Hummingbird Project


completed


 

Writer/Director
Kim Nguyen

Cast
Jesse Eisenberg
Alexander Skarsgård
Salma Hayek
Michael Mando

Producer
Pierre Even

Executive Producers
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Fred Berger

US Distributor
The Orchard

In this epic tale of humanity versus corporate greed, director of Academy Award nominated WAR WITCH, Kim Nguyen exposes the ruthless edge of our increasingly digital world.

Cousins from New York, Vincent (Jesse Eisenberg) and Anton (Alexander Skarsgård) are players in the high-stakes game of High Frequency Trading, where winning is measured in milliseconds. Their dream? To build a bre-optic cable in a straight line between Kansas and New Jersey, making them millions.

But nothing is straightforward for this awed pair. Anton is the brains, Vincent is the hustler, and together they push each other and everyone around them to breaking point on their quixotic adventure. Breathing down their necks is their old boss Eva Torres, a sociopathic trader who will stop at nothing to see them fail.

No matter what the cost, Vincent and Anton are determined to cut through America, only to find redemption at the end of their line, not through money, but through family and reconnecting to the land.

Canada, Belgium | English | 2018 | 111 min | HD