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Friendship's Death

Friendship's Death

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 17, 1987

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Science Fiction, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

Friendship's Death

Production Companies

BFI, Modelmark, Film4 Productions

Director

Peter Wollen

Description

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.