Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Amy Adams | Louise Banks |
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Jeremy Renner | Ian Donnelly |
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Forest Whitaker | Colonel Weber |
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Michael Stuhlbarg | Agent Halpern |
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Mark O'Brien | Captain Marks |
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Tzi Ma | General Shang |
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Abigail Pniowsky | 8-Year-Old-Hannah |
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Julia Scarlett Dan | 12-Year-Old-Hannah |
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Jadyn Malone | 6-Year-Old-Hannah |
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Frank Schorpion | Dr. Kettler |
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Lucas Chartier-Dessert | Private Lasky |
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Christian Jadah | Private Combs |
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Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld | CNAC Anchor |
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Andrew Shaver | Environmental Tech |
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Pat Kiely | Environmental Tech |
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Sonia Vigneault | Dr. J. Bydwell |
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Mark Camacho | Richard Riley |
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Sabrina Reeves | Press Secretary |
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Julian Casey | Australian Scientist |
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Anthony J. Robinow | British Scientist |
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Larry Day | CIA Officer Dan Ryder |
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Matthew Willson | Preacher |
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Ruth Chiang | Chinese Scientist |
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Russell Yuen | Chinese Scientist |
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Sergiy Marchenko | Russian Officer |
Director | Denis Villeneuve |
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Writer | Eric Heisserer, Ted Chiang | |
Producer | Paul Barbeau, Glen Basner, Dan Cohen, Eric Heisserer, Martin Henri, Michael Jackman, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Karen Lunder, Tory Metzger, Milan Popelka, Aaron Ryder, Stan Wlodkowski | |
Musician | Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
Photography | Bradford Young |