Across the Universe

Across the Universe

All you need is love.

2007133 min7.1 / 10

A visually extravagant jukebox musical that weaves a star-crossed love story through the turbulent 1960s, balancing psychedelic fantasy sequences with genuine political and emotional stakes.

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.

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