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After a series of ecological disasters, the Earth's territory has been transformed into solid swamps, forests, and the ruins of a past civilization. Many survivors of the apocalypse have undergone terrible genetic transformations. There are no more animals on the planet, and the rare plants that remain are a danger to humans. Thirteen-year-old Vesper (Raffiella Chapman) lives in a flimsy shack with her bedridden father Darius (Richard Brake). Dad talks to the girl through a spherical drone, which faithfully follows the teenager on all adventures. Vesper's mother has joined the faceless creatures called "wanderers" in the post-apocalyptic world. The girl's uncle Jonas (Eddie Marsan) exploits child labor to suck the last gifts from the earth. In a secret greenhouse, using his knowledge of genetics and synthetic biology, Vesper creates new luminescent life forms, hoping to save the Earth.

"Vesper" premiered in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary Festival, the most prestigious film festival in Eastern Europe. The film was directed by Lithuanian director Kristina Bozit and Frenchman Bruno Samper. Together the directors have already worked on the horror anthology "The ABCs of Death 2" and fiction "Vanishing Waves". The authors admit to working on "The Age of Survival" for 10 years.

European fiction usually suffers from small budgets - before Hollywood filmmakers from the Old World. They have to make the best of it and come up with personal stories against a backdrop of global cataclysms. "Vesper" is limited to two or three locations and a minimum of characters. The only special effects worth noting are the unusual plants in the Vesper greenhouse and the mysterious mold that covers people and houses. The camera flies over the region where the protagonist lives several times to show an apocalyptic world. In the interior of Vesper's dwelling, the devastating effects of environmental catastrophe are barely discernible in the schematically altered domesticity.

"Vesper" is let down by the parsimony of the setting and excessive colloquialism. The authors try to compensate for the modest special effects and lack of spectacular action with a few brutal clashes between survivors. In case any viewers had any doubts, in the extreme conditions of the future, man to man remains a wolf. Fights for the latest foodstuffs unfold not for life, but for death. Drinking water is also rare.

Future. Earth and humanity are on the brink of extinction. Despite the high level of technology, humans fight for life with ruthless nature every day. Only a 13-year-old girl, Vesper, can restore balance.

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The touching relationship between father and daughter becomes a small bright spot in the gloomy atmosphere of total horror. The authors have changed the usual disposition, in which the adult takes care of the child. In "Age of Survival," the strong and brave Vesper tries to cure her father, maintains the generators that make her father's cunning medical devices work, and also gets food every day. Casey Affleck's "Light of My Life," in which Dad takes care of his only child, showed family relationships in hard times more tender and sentimental. The authors of "Vesper," as if understanding the artificiality of the plot and the invented world, forcibly squeeze a few heart-to-heart conversations into the film, which lull the audience even more.

Today's filmmakers seem to get too involved in post-apocalyptic stories, stripping them of their relevance. "Vesper" seems to warn people about possible environmental woes, but offers no prescriptions and only demonstrates the consequences of the barbaric treatment of nature. If Bosit and Samper wanted to frighten the audience, the result is depressing. If to amuse, the film's world lacks detail and originality. It was easier and more effective to make a documentary about the current deplorable state of affairs on planet Earth than to go into the future with endless talk about the difficulties of living in a post-apocalyptic world.