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Ambition

Ambition

Part of Ambition Collection

2014•6m•6.6/10
Science FictionHistoryMystery

Ratings

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6.6/10(51)

A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master. Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it?

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Production

Platige Image, European Space Agency (ESA)

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Master

Aisling Franciosi

Aisling Franciosi

Apprentice

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