Conceiving Ada

Feb 19 1999 Not Rated 1h 25m
Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Emmy 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?

Plot

Emmy 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?

Written by

Lynn Hershman Leeson, Eileen Jones, Sadie Plant

Directed by

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

Outpost Studios, Hotwire Productions, Complex Corporation

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Conceiving Ada - 1997 - trailer - Tilda Swinton .mp4
Scores
# of Votes
552
Average Rating
5 out of 10
Metascore
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