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Friendship's Death

6.7(24)19871h 18m1

A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan during the Black September riots of 1970. Sullivan, a British journalist, comes to her aid when she is found wandering without papers following a bombing and grants her refuge in his hotel room. But there she tells him she is a robot, sent as a peace envoy from another planet. He is not sure whether to believe her story or not, but finds her unusual view of the world appealing. They examine the human condition in a series of incredibly insightful and entertaining conversations.

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Released
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Language
English
  • android
  • 1970s

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Director

Peter Wollen

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical17 Aug 1987

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Friendship's Death was released on 17 August 1987.

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    CinemaSerf

    9/15/2026

    7/10

    In something of the spirit of "The Day the Earth Stood Still", an advanced alien race sends a robot called "Friendship" (Tilda Swinton) to chat to the people of the world. Unfortunately, their aim isn't so good so instead of arriving in Boston (USA) she arrives in Amman at the height of the early 1970s "Black September" troubles between the Kingdom of Jordan and the PLO. Luckily for her, she alights on veteran Britis…

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