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Directed by | Bernardo Britto |
Screenplay by | Bernardo Britto |
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Cinematography | Ava Benjamin Shorr |
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Music by | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith |
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Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Omni Loop is a 2024 American science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Bernardo Britto. It stars Mary-Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, and Steven Maier.
Omni Loop had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2024. It is scheduled to be released by Magnolia Pictures on September 20, 2024.
A woman decides to time travel in order to go back to be the person she always wanted to be.
The screenplay was selected for the 2017 Sundance Institute Screenwriting Lab. [2] In June 2023, the film received finishing funds for post-production from Amazon Studios (now Amazon MGM Studios) and Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. [3]
Principal photography took place in Florida in 2022. [4]
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 13, 2024. [5] In July 2024, Magnolia Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film, setting it for a September 20, 2024, release. [6]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. [7] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [8]
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