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Conceiving Ada

IMDb 5.0/10 · 1999 · 1h 25m · Lynn Hershman-Leeson · Science Fiction · Drama
English

Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?

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Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?

1 screenings · 1 cinema · Through Wed Sept 16

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Wednesday Wed · Sept 16 1 showtime · 1 cinema

Stadtkino Basel

Basel · Klostergasse 5

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Cast

Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Francesca Faridany
Francesca Faridany
Emmy Coer
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Sims
Karen Black
Karen Black
Lady Byron / Mother Coer
JB
John Perry Barlow
John Crosse
JO
John O'Keefe
Charles Babbage
JW
J.D. Wolfe
Nicholas Clayton
OM
Owen Murphy
William Lovelace
David Brooks
David Brooks
Children's Tutor
EM
Esther Mulligan
Mary Shelley

Crew

Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Directing
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Title Conceiving Ada
Year 1999
Runtime 1h 25m
Spoken Language English
Genre Science Fiction · Drama · Fantasy
Director Lynn Hershman-Leeson
IMDb 5.0 / 10 (527 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics) 83%
IMDb ID tt0118882
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