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Plot summary
Robin is an aging actress whose career has suffered because of erratic behavior and a reputation for being fickle and unreliable. Her son, Aaron, has Usher syndrome, a condition that is taking his sight and hearing, and Dr. Barker helps her hold off the worst of his decline. Her longtime agent, Al, brings her to Jeff Green, the head of Miramount Studios, who wants to buy her likeness and turn it into a computer-animated version of her. She agrees for a large sum, under a contract that forbids her from ever acting again.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Congress (2013)
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- The film found renewed relevance during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, when SAG-AFTRA organizers said the studios had proposed an artificial intelligence deal that would let them scan actors' bodies for a day's pay and keep the rights to their image forever.
- The animation was made by Bridgit Folman Films Gang in Israel, whose team worked on the script for 19 years; Ari Folman supervised six animation studios worldwide, including ones in Luxembourg, Belgium, Berlin, Hamburg, Poland and the Philippines.
