After Yang
The future has never looked so human.
Science FictionDramafuturebased on novel or bookloss of loved oneadoptive fatherfatherlossfuturisticgriefmemoryrobotmourningadopted child
A meditative science-fiction drama about grief and reconnection, where a father's search to repair an android becomes a journey toward healing his fractured family.
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
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