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A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Primary Title
  • Lucy
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 4 July 2016
Release Year
  • 2014
Start Time
  • 20 : 35
Finish Time
  • 22 : 25
Duration
  • 110:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Spanish
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Feature films--France
  • Feature films--United States
Genres
  • Action
  • Science fiction
  • Thriller
Contributors
  • Luc Besson (Director)
  • Luc Besson (Writer)
  • Scarlett Johansson (Actor)
  • Morgan Freeman (Actor)
MUSIC: I Am Everywhere by Eric Serra Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it? Lucy? It's as easy as pie. In and out, all done and dusted. Then why don't you do it yourself? The last thing the guy's expecting is a total ten turning up to deliver the case. You'll blow his mind. Come on. What's in it? Sweetheart... Don't get paranoid on me, all right? You trust me, don't you? DANCE MUSIC PLAYING HE SCREAMS Richard, I really do like you but... I have to take care of myself right now, I gotta... I don't know, I gotta concentrate on so many things. I... Hey! Hey! What are you doing? I'm going home because I have exams on Monday. I have to shower and I have to study, OK? You know what? The other day I was in this museum and you know what I found out? What? The first ever woman was named Lucy. Is that supposed to make me feel better? Yeah... No. I'll call you, OK? OK! OK! OK! I'll be honest with you. I can't deliver the case myself. I had a little falling out with the guy. It's nothing major... but if it's you, problem solved. You walk in there, you go up to the reception, you ask Mr Jang to come down. He comes down, he takes the case, you flash your prettiest smile and bounce. Look, you can even see the reception from here. Come on. What's in the case? I don't know, it's just some paperwork. Yeah? I want to see it, then. It's locked and no-one else but Mr Jang has the code. I'm just the delivery boy. Do you get paid to do this? Yeah, kinda. Like, how much? OK, we're negotiating now or...? No, no. How much do you get paid? I want to know, how much? A thousand dollars. You get paid a thousand dollars for delivering paperwork, really? I don't know, it takes me ten minutes and they're paying me a grand and the rest is none of my business. Well, it's not my business, either. I tell you now. Listen! What?! Let's split it down the middle. Hm? That's 500 for you and 500 for me. Richard, I WILL call you. Listen! It is the third time this week. I'm showing up at the same hotel with the same cowboy hat. Problem solved. Go! Go! I'll wait for you. Go! Lucy, honey, I... I've done this a thousand times. It's paperwork! It's probably just some designs they swiped so they can copy them. That's how it works in this country. Even my Stetson was made here. Look! It says so on the label - "Made in Taiwan". So long, cowboy with a fake Stetson. Baby, please! Richard, I gotta go. What the hell are you doing? I'm sorry. What the hell are you do...? I'm so sorry. I really need your help. Stop it! Stop it! Take this off me right now! I can't! Take this off me right now! I can't! Mr Jang is the only one who has the key! No! All you have to do is go in and ask for him at the reception. No! Take it off me right now! I'm really sorry, I really have no choice. The sooner you go in, the sooner you'll be back out. I can't believe you did this to me. I'll be right here, you have my word. Your word isn't worth shit! Uh...it's worth 500 bucks, upfront. You're an asshole! And you're wonderful, huh? SHE SCOFFS Miss, may I help you? Uh...yes. I'm here for, uh... ..Mr Jang. Yes. Who should I say is here? Richard. Uh, Richard sent me. Richard sent me. HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE What is your name? No, Richard. Richard's, uh... He's just looking for a place to park. HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE Mr Jang still wants to know your name. Lucy. Lucy what? Just... Just Lucy. If he could... If he could be quick, cos I have... I have to... Just a second while I translate... HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE Mr Jang is on his way, stay right here. Mr Jang said you need to stay right here. I think it's better if you stay right here. PHONE RINGS Excuse me. Regent Hotel. GUNSHOTS No! HE SHOUTS IN OWN LANGUAGE No! No, wait! No! Please! Please! Please! I don't know anything! Please! Please! Please! SHE WHIMPERS MAN SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE SHE VOMITS No, please! Do you speak English? Tambien hablo poco Espanol. THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE "Lucy". Lucy, yes, I'm Lucy. Please, there's just been a terrible mistake. I'm just suppose to deliver this case. If you lost the key, you don't have to chop off my hand, you can just cut the chain, OK? Please! I'm begging you, please! HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE No. No! No! No! No! Please! Please! Please! HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 'Hello, Miss, I speak English. I translate for Mr Jang.' Please tell him that I haven't done anything. I don't know anything. It's all just a big mistake, OK? Please, please tell him that. 'Yes, OK, OK, hold on.' 'SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE' HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 'Mr Jang wants to know what's in the case.' Well, I don't know what's in the case. Do you speak English or don't you speak English?! 'Yes, I do! 'I studied one year at International High School in New York.' OK. Richard gave me the case to give to you, that's all I know. OK, please tell him that. 'SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE' HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE He gave me a paper with numbers written on it. I don't... What is this? 'It's the code to open the case.' What's really in here? 'Nothing dangerous.' So, why won't he open it himself? OWN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE 'He doesn't trust Mr Richard.' I don't trust Richard, either. I only dated him for a week. OWN LANGUAGE EXCHANGE OK! OK! OK! 'Mr Jang insists that you open the case.' OK! OK! Please, God, help me. HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 'He wants you to hurry up, Mr Jang has other things to do.' SHE GASPS HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 'Can you describe the contents of the case?' It's four plastic pouches filled with a blue powder, like a... Or maybe a purple powder? I don't know, it looks gross. 'SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE' SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE HE COUGHS HE GASPS HE COUGHS AND GASPS HE LAUGHS HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE 'Mr Jang wants to offer you a job.' A job? I don't want a job! If life starts approximately a billion years ago, we will have to wait 400,000 years to see the aberration of the first nerve cells. This is where life as we know it begins. Brains in formation of only a few milligrams, it's not possible to determine any sign of intelligence yet. It acts more as a reflex. One neuron, you're alive. Two neurons, you're moving. And with movement, interesting things begin to happen. Animal life on Earth goes back millions of years. Yet, most species only use 3-5% of its cerebral capacity. But it isn't until we reached human beings at the top of the animal chain, that we finally see a species use more of its cerebral capacity. 10% may not seem like much, but it's a lot if we look at all we've done with it. MUSIC: All We Have Done With It by Eric Serra Now let's discuss a special case. The only living being that uses its brain better than us - the dolphin. It is estimated that this incredible animal uses up to 20% of its cerebral capacity. And in particular, this allows it to have an echo-location system that is more efficient than any sonar invented by mankind. But the dolphin did not invent the sonar. It developed it - naturally. And this is the crucial part of our... philosophical reflection we have today. Can we therefore conclude that humans are concerned more with "having"... than "being"? SHE GROANS SHE GASPS SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE Able 2016 MUSIC PLAYING Lucy. What did you do to my stomach? Nothing! Just a little horizontal slit. It's very well done and you'll find within a month the scar is practically invisible. You'll be able to show your tummy off on the beach next summer. I don't care about the scar. Is it, uh... Is it why we opened you up? Yeah? Rest assured, we didn't harvest your organs or anything. We merely slipped a little package into your lower tummy. It's a... It's a new drug the kids in Europe are going to love, believe me. What is it? Well, the scientific term is CPH4. Which is not very sexy from a sales point of view. So, uh... We're... We're still working on something with a bit more pop. Any suggestions? Ah. Excuse me. Welcome. Welcome, come on in. Lovely. Oops... Splendid! Splendid! Whoop! HE LAUGHS Marvellous! Lovely! Lovely! Hello. Mwah, mwah. How are you? Very good, my dear. OK. Right, uh... First of all, many thanks for taking part in this enterprise, which I'm sure will go off flawlessly. These lovely passports and tickets will enable you to return home in the next 24 hours. Now, upon arrival, you will be taken in hand by our people, so that we might recover our merchandise and you might rediscover the freedom which you so richly deserve. I'm sure I needn't remind you, but for any of those who may be tempted to warn, or turn themselves into the authorities, we have the names and addresses of the families of every one of you, down to the most distant cousins. Right? So, we rely, therefore, on your complete discretion. Good. Anyway, uh... Gentleman, madam, allow me to be the first to wish you... HE CLICKS .."bon voyage"! Oops! Lovely. You're going to sell this? I'm afraid it's our business model. For primitive beings like us, life seems to only have one single purpose - gaining time. And it is going through time seems to be also the only real purpose of each of the cells in our bodies. To achieve that aim, the mass of the cells that make up earth worms and human beings has only two solutions. Be immortal... or to reproduce. If its habitat is not sufficiently favourable or nurturing... ..the cell will choose immortality. In other words, self-sufficiency and self-management. On the other hand, if the habitat is favourable... ..they will choose to reproduce. MUSIC: Choose to Reproduce by Eric Serra That way, when they die, they hand down essential information and knowledge to the next cell, which hands it down to the next cell, and so on. Thus, knowledge and learning are handed down through time. OK, OK, keep calm... You have to wait, just play for time... You'll have time to think it through on the plane. Just take the flight, take the flight, get out of here. That's the main thing right now, just save time. Don't try anything, keep your cool, you're alive... You're alive, you're alive, that's all that matters. Just wait, save time... ..save time. SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE I'm not in the mood. SHE GASPS SHE GROANS MUSIC: Inner Fireworks by Eric Serra Let's imagine for a few moments what our life would be like if we could access, let's say, 20% of our brain's capacity. This first stage would give us access to, and control of, our own body. Sir? Yes? Has it been proved scientifically? Oh, for the moment, it's just hypothesis, I confess. But, if you think about it, it's troubling to realise that the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Indians had notion of "cells" centuries before the invention of the microscope. And what to say about Darwin, whom everybody took for a fool when he put forth his Theory of Evolution? It's up to us to push the rules and laws and go from "evolution" to "revolution". LAUGHTER 100 billion neurons per human, of which only 15% are activated. There are more connections in the human body than there are stars in the galaxy. We possess a gigantic network of information, to which we have almost no access. Sir? Yes? And what would be the next stage? Well, the next stage would probably be control of other people. But for that, we will need to access at least 40% of our brain's capacity. After control of ourselves and others, would come control of matter. But now we're entering into the realm of science fiction. And we don't know any more than a dog who watches the moon. Excuse me, sir? Yes. But what would happen if, for some reason we ignore, somebody unlocked 100% of the cerebral capacity? 100%? Yes. I have no idea. DOOR UNLOCKS Aah! TALKING IN OWN LANGUAGE Hey! SPEAKING OWN LANGUAGE Hey, you speak English? No, no, no. You speak English? Yes, yes. Take me to the hospital now. Hospital? GIRL'S VOICE IS CLEAR PHONE CONVERSATION IS CLEAR CONVERSATION IS CLEAR OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS Hospital. Wait for me. Miss, hello? Hey, miss! I need help, it's urgent. You cannot be in here. We are operating. Please, get out! GASPING You wouldn't have been able to save him anyway. Tumour already invaded the cortex and the right side of his spine. Somebody put a bag of drugs in me. I need you to remove it. It's leaking. Do it now. Right. I'll just administer a local anaesthetic... Don't bother. Right, I... OK. Calm down, please. Put the gun down. I'm just going to...examine, OK? Do you mind? No. SHE DIALS NUMBER 'Hello?' Mom? 'Hey, Lucy. 'Baby, it's great to hear from you, 'but what time is it over there?' I don't know, it's night. 'Hold on a sec, let me get rid of the other line.' (I'm going to have to go inside.) 'I'm back, you're not partying too much, are you? 'You promised me you'll look after yourself.' I'm trying to, Mom, I am trying to. 'Well, thanks for calling out of the blue like this. 'Your father is going to be sad he missed you. 'He isn't home from the gym yet. Usually you call us in the morning.' Mom... 'Yes?' I feel everything. 'What do you mean, sweetie?' Space, the air... ..the vibrations... ..the people. I can feel the gravity. I can feel the rotation of the Earth. The heat leaving my body... ..the blood in my veins. I can feel my brain. The deepest parts of my memory. 'Sweetie, we have a bad connection, I can't hear you so well. 'What did you say about memory?' The pain in my mouth, when I had braces, I... I can remember the feeling of your hand on my forehead when I ran a fever. I remember stroking the cat; it was so soft. 'A cat? What cat, honey?' Siamese with blue eyes and a broken tail. 'Sweetie, you can't possibly remember that - I remember the days of your milk in my mouth... ..the room, the liquid... 'Sweetie, what are you talking about?' I just want to tell you that I love you, Mom and Dad... 'Sweetie...' ..and I want to thank you for the... thousand kisses that I can still feel on my face. I love you, Mom. 'I love you too, sweetie, more than anything in the world.' How much is left? 500 grams. And how long will it take my body to eliminate the rest of it? To answer that, I need to know what it is. May I? Go ahead. CPH4. Tell me about it. Pregnant women manufacture CPH4 in the sixth week of pregnancy, in tiny quantities. For a baby, it packs the power of an atomic bomb. It's what gives the foetus the necessary energy to form all the bones in its body. I'd heard that they tried to make a synthetic version of it - didn't realise that they'd succeeded. If it really is CPH4, in this quantity, I'm amazed you're still alive. Not for long. Stop moping. The lad's gone. Oh. Yeah. (SIGHS) INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS Ooh. Sorry. Oh. (SIGHS) Grandpa? Are you there? Sorry. Grandpa? CELL PHONE BUZZES, CHIMES INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS You've sent it. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Whacko. CELL PHONE BUZZES, CHIMES Whether it's simple tips or tricky tech solutions, Vodafone Ninjas are here to help. MUSIC: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: I Introitus. Learning is always a painful process. Like when you're little, and your bones are growing, and you ache all over. Can you believe I can remember the sound of my own bones growing? Like this grinding under the skin. Everything is different now. Like...sounds are music that I can understand, like fluids... It's funny - I used to be so concerned with who I was and what I wanted to be, and... now that I have access to the furthest reaches of my brain, I see things clearly and realise what make us "us", it's primitive. They're all obstacles. Does that make any sense? Like this pain you're experiencing - it's blocking you from understanding. All you know now is pain. That's all you know, pain. Where are the others? The others carrying the drugs - I need the rest of it, for medicinal purposes. Berlin. Paris. Rome. Thank you for sharing. (YELLS) Oh, evening, Professor. Bonsoir, Albert. We have you for dinner tonight? I'm afraid so, I'm exhausted. Have a good rest. Thank you. KNOCKING You scared the shit out of me, ringing that bell like some nut bar! I missed you! Me, too. You lose your keys or something? Yeah. Can I borrow your laptop? Yeah, of course. So I spent all day yesterday at auditions - awesome. They just have you standing around all day, cos they don't give a shit about your time, gabbing away in Chinese. Who understands Chinese? I don't understand Chinese. And then they say they're always going to call and they never do. Cos they don't even take your phone number. You know, except this one guy, But he, uh... He's not Chinese. He works at the agency and he's cute... Oh, my God, he's cute! In the, like, the "cute and I kinda know it" kinda way, Like, he has this thing... Oh, my God, his ass... Let me get started on that! And you're never going to guess where he took me. BOTH: Four Seasons, Royal Suite, and we made love all night. I'm sorry, I'm talking about myself. What's up? How's Richard? He's dead. You guys are crazy. I'm going to take a shower. PHONE RINGING Yes? 'Professor Norman, my name is Lucy. 'I've just read all your research on the human brain. We need to meet.' HE CHUCKLES All of my research? Well, I'm very flattered, young lady but I find that hard to believe. I must have written no less than... '6,734 pages, I can recite them, too - all by heart - if you wish.' Are you one of Emily's friends? This sounds like one of her silly jokes. Is she there with you? No, I'm all on my own. Who are you? I just told you. Er... Lucy, right? Yes, sorry. I read your theory on the use of the brain's capacity. It's a little rudimentary, but you're on the right track. Oh, thank you. Professor, my cells are reproducing at a phenomenal speed - several million per second - and I'm having trouble precisely evaluating the time of my death, but I doubt I'll last more than 24 hours. What are you talking about? What I'm saying is that your theory is not a theory. I absorbed a large quantity of synthetic CPH4 that would allow me to use 100% of my cerebral capacity. Right now, I'm at 28%, and what you wrote is true - once the brain reaches 20%, it opens up and expands the rest - there are no more obstacles. They fall away like dominos. I'm colonising my own brain. Uh...well...I... I don't know... what to...say. It's true, I've... I've been working on this theory for over 20 years, but it's... It's only...all ever been hypotheses and research ideas. I... I never thought anyone would... You can control your own metabolism? Yes. And I can start to control other people's bodies. Also, I can control magnetic and electric waves and... Not all of them, just...the most basic. Television. Telephone. PHONE RINGS Radio. RADIO TURNS ON It's amazing. I don't feel pain... ..fear... desire... It's like all things that make us human are fading away. It's like, the less...human I feel, all this knowledge about...everything - quantum physics, applied mathematics... ..the infinite capacity of a cell's nucleus - they're all exploding inside my brain, all this knowledge... I don't know what to do with it. If you're asking me what to do, I... You know... ..if you think about... the very nature of life... I mean, from the very beginning - the development of the first cell...divided into two cells - this whole purpose of life has been to... pass on what was learned. There's no higher purpose. So, if you're asking me what to do with all this knowledge you're accumulating, I'd say... ..pass it on... ..just like any simple cell... going through time. Time? Yes, of course. I'll be at your door in 12 hours. This is iPhone 6s. Not much has changed with the camera, except how you take a photo, find a photo, share a photo. Ooh, Mom's gonna love that one. Your photos themselves have changed too. They move now. And the camera shoots video in 4K. You can even shoot slo-mo in HD ` wait for it ` splash! ALL CHEER So, yeah, that's what's changed. You leaving? Yes. What is this? A prescription. Since when did you start writing Chinese? Since an hour ago. Lucy, I don't understand any of this. Your kidneys aren't functioning efficiently, your liver is failing, you need to make some lifestyle changes. Take this medication, work out, eat organic, you'll be OK. MEN CHATTING IN FRENCH PHONE RINGS Del Rio. Hello? I have important information about a group of drug traffickers. I need to speak with someone in a position of authority. Ah-hah, you're very lucky. There's no-one with more authority in this office than me. But let's start at the beginning. What's your name? Listen up, Pierre Del Rio, get off your desk, sit in your chair, pick up the red pen to your left and take down everything I say. There are no cameras, hurry up. I've no time to waste. Go ahead. I'm going to be sending you the details of three people about to arrive in Europe. Each one is carrying a kilo of drugs. I need you to arrest them and collect the substance. I'll need it for later. What form are these drugs in? Bars? Capsules? Powder, hidden in plastic pouches inside their intestines. Excuse me? Make sure to be careful when you remove them. The product is very powerful. DOG WHINES Believe me. Got it? Yeah. Good. I'm counting on you. Yeah, sure. PHONE RINGS Del Rio. SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE Thanks for calling me back. Thanks very much. I'll send you the paperwork with the transfer. 'Bye.' 'Ladies and gentlemen, 'we're now beginning our descent to Paris Charles de Gaulle.' Miss, I have to ask you to put away your computers now. You should wipe your nose. Excuse me? May I have a glass of champagne? Miss, your champagne. Thank you. I'm very sorry, but...uh, you really need to close your table now. Sure. To knowledge. If the habitat is not sufficiently favourable or nurturing... SHE COUGHS ..the cell will choose immortality. In other words, self-sufficiency and self-management. No, miss, miss. Miss! Miss! You must remain seated. Miss, stop! WOMAN SCREAMS Miss... Miss, open the door! You really have to go back to your seat! Miss! We're going to land soon. Please, open the door! Please, say something. Are you OK? Miss? Miss! Miss, please open the door! Do something, help me! Miss! Open the door! Miss? Are you OK? Say something! RAPID, GENTLE BEEPING BEEPING LOWERS IN FREQUENCY Doctor! Miss, don't move! I need to talk to you alone. And I need you to put your hands up, please. CLICKING Did you get the packets? Yes. Where are they? They're safe. Here, in Paris. They'll be safer in my hands. PHONE BEEPS You know, as a cop, we see some pretty weird shit, but I have to be honest with you. What you did back there, that freaked me out. To put everyone to sleep like that. Do I need to be worried? No. Good. OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS Do you mind? No. KOREAN SPEECH SPEAKING KOREAN CONVERSATION CONTINUES What's that? Korean, I'm going to drive. Hey! Hey! Hey! No! No! No! This is a police car! You can't! No, this is not possible, lady. This is a police car! OK, OK. BRAKES SCREECH Sir, sir, excuse me, sir. I need to talk to somebody. Look, I'm a German citizen and I demand to see a lawyer. Do you always drive like that? I've never driven before. Great. Hey, that's one-way! We're late. MUSIC: Pleasant Drive in Paris by Eric Serra Hey, I'd rather be late than dead. We never really die. Sorry, sir, I don't agree... I'm fine. Fine. SIRENS I'm going to tell them to stop following us. Don't bother. SHOUTING Give me the case. HE GASPS MUSIC: Sixty Percent Mess by Eric Serra Open it. Let's go. I'm not sure I could be of any help for you. Yes, you are. What for? A reminder. Shall we go? Where are we going? 'Take the first left.' OK. SHOUTING Professor? Thanks. Yes? 'Lucy.' It's her, it's her. Hey, you, you're in Paris? 'Yes, I am.' Good, good, excellent. So, look, I'm no longer at the hotel now. Uh, I've come to the university where I've taken the liberty of calling and gathering a few of my colleagues to discuss your case. Top men in their field and, um...very trustworthy. 'I trust you.' Oh, thank you. So, do you think you can meet us here at the university? I'm, uh... I'm very pleased to meet you. Likewise. Captain Del Rio. How do you do? Um... Let... Let me introduce you to my colleagues. This is Professor Cartier, neuro surgeon. Professor... I know who everyone is. Ah, of course. Uh, gentlemen, this is Lucy, the first woman to... I mean... As I mentioned earlier... Ms Lucy has, for reasons that remain a mystery to me, unlocked certain portions of her brain that offer access to...previously unexplored cerebral zones. She has abilities. Can you give us an example? Your daughter - Gabriel, aged six - died in a car accident. It was a blue car, leather seats... plastic bird hanging from the rear-view mirror. There are men coming here, can you secure the room? I need to stay focused. Sure. How did you manage to access all this information? Electrical impulses. Every cell knows and talks to every other cell. They exchange a thousand bits of information between them per second. Cells group together, forming a giant web of communication which, in turn, forms matter. Cells get together, take on one form, deform, reform. Makes no difference, it's all the same. Humans consider themselves unique, so they rooted their whole theory of existence on their uniqueness. "One"...is their unit of measure, but it's not. All social systems we put into place are a mere sketch. One plus one equals two, that's all we learned. But one plus one has never equalled two. There are, in fact, no numbers and no letters. We've codified our existence to bring it down to human size, to make it comprehensible. We've created a scale so that we can forget its unfathomable scale. But if humans are not the unit of measure, and the world isn't governed by mathematical laws... ..what governs all that? Film a car speeding down the road... speed up the image infinitely... ..and the car disappears. So, what proof do we have of its existence? Time gives legitimacy to its existence. Time is the only true unit of measure. It gives proof to the existence of matter. Without time... we don't exist. Time is unity. ALARMS BEEP We won't be able to hold them for much longer. Time to go, then. Are you sure you need such huge doses? I'm afraid you won't survive. Some cells inside me will fight and defend their integrity till the very end. In order to attain the last few percent, I have to force it. To crack the cells open to their nucleus. HE SIGHS All this knowledge, Lucy... ..I'm not even sure that mankind is ready for it. We're so driven by power and profit. Given man's nature... ..it might bring us only instability and chaos. Ignorance brings chaos - not knowledge. I'll build a computer and download all my knowledge in it. I'll find a way for you to have access to it. Yeah. I just hope we will be worthy of your sacrifice. Nobody move! Do you understand English? What is she doing? She's looking for energy and matter. And she's trying to connect with our computers. Oh, my God, what's happening? What is she making? A new generation of computer, I presume. MUSIC: Melt Into Matter by Eric Serra INAUDIBLE INAUDIBLE MUSIC: Flicking Through Time by Eric Serra MUSIC: Lucy And Lucy by Eric Serra MUSIC: Moonbirth by Eric Serra MUSIC: Origin Of The World by Eric Serra Hey, you! Hey. Where is she? MUSIC: I Am Everywhere by Eric Serra Life was given to us a billion years ago. Now you know what to do with it.
Subjects
  • Feature films--France
  • Feature films--United States