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Conceiving Ada
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4.7Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?
Cast
- Tilda Swinton as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
- Francesca Faridany as Emmy Coer
- Timothy Leary as Sims
- Karen Black as Lady Byron / Mother Coer
- John Perry Barlow as John Crosse
- John O'Keefe as Charles Babbage
Themes
- woman director
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Ratings
IMDb
5/10
527 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 186159
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- publication date
- 1997-01-01
- title
- Conceiving Ada
- review score
- 6.6/10
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