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Cunk on Life

Cunk on Life

Comedy · TV Movie · 2024

Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.

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Cunk on Life

“She's back and ready to take on life.”

2024 Comedy · TV Movie 1h 10m

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7.4 / 10

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Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Al Campbell

Written by

Diane Morgan · Charlie George · Ben Caudell · Joel Morris

Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan

Philomena Cunk

Douglas Hedley

Douglas Hedley

Self

Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake

Self

A

Alison Wright

Self

C

Celia Deane-Drummond

Self

Paul Nurse

Paul Nurse

Self

Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili

Self

Court is in session

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.