Dark Matter

Apr 24 2008 R 1h 28m
Drama

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

Plot

Liu Xing is a scholarship boy from China, newly arrived in Salt Lake City, a graduate student in cosmology, in Utah to study in Professor Reiser's prestigious program. Back in China, Liu Xing's parents are proud of him, and he dedicates himself to fulfilling their hopes. All the graduate students in the program work on projects that extend and further Reiser's model of the origins of the universe. Liu Xing does well until his own theories move him away from Reiser's. Will Reiser and the department recognize Liu Xing's brilliance? Can the young man's benefactor, Joanna Silver, intercede?

Written by

Billy Shebar, Shi-Zheng Chen

Directed by

Shi-Zheng Chen

Cast

Ye Liu, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Saltmill

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Trailers
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# of Votes
3,761
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
49
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