Vesper is a superb post-apocalyptic film set in a world that is still technologically advanced but has reverted to a society and economy that resembles Europe's Dark Ages. Its story is centered on a girl, Vesper (Raffiella Chapman), whose father, Darius (Richard Brake), is dying, and whose uncle, Jonas (Eddie Marsan), is just evil. One day, Vesper meets a princess, Camellia (Rosy McEwen), who fell out of the sky—her flying machine crashed in the heart.
Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper’s first movie since 2012’s Vanishing Waves is a stunner, in part due to terrific, horrifying Cronenbergian special effects. Raffiella Chapman and Eddie Marsan star in a story about powerful elites and starving outsiders navigating the wasteland after environmental collapse. Vesper will be in theaters and on VOD on Sept. 30.