Upstream Color

Upstream Color

You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.

2013•1h 36m•6.3/10

DramaScience Fiction

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🎬TMDb

6.3/10(790)

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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EN

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Cast

Amy Seimetz

Amy Seimetz

Kris

Shane Carruth

Shane Carruth

Jeff

Andrew Sensenig

Andrew Sensenig

The Sampler

Thiago Martins

Thiago Martins

Thief

Carolyn King

Wife

Mollie Milligan

Mollie Milligan

Maggie

Myles McGee

Monty

Ashton Miramontes

Lucas

Andreon Watson

Peter

Frank Mosley

Frank Mosley

Husband

John Walpole

John Walpole

Bank Investigator

Kerry McCormick

Kerry McCormick

OBGYN

Marco Antonio Rodriguez

MRI Tech

Brina Palencia

Brina Palencia

Woman in Club

Jack Watkins

Jack Watkins

The Sampled

Karen Jagger

The Sampled

Joy Leigh

Joy Leigh

Dream Member (uncredited)

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