"A beauty": the science fiction film on Prime Video, about a house in a parallel reality and a life dilemma

A house lost in a desert landscape and a life-changing dilemma: this is Edson Oda's acclaimed film, available on the video-on-demand (VOD) platform Prime Video . The film, full of existential questions , places the viewer in a parallel reality where souls compete for a unique opportunity: to live.

Nine Days has become one of the most highly regarded indie films for arthouse cinema lovers on platforms like Prime Video. Starring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, and Benedict Wong , this intimate science fiction story poses a concept as unusual as it is evocative: what if you had to undergo an interview before you were born?

The isolated house in the middle of an unreal landscape is the setting where Will, a man marked by his past, observes human lives through screens and decides which soul deserves to be born . But everything changes when one of his chosen ones dies unexpectedly, and with it, his inner crisis is unleashed.

This debut feature by Brazilian Edson Oda, winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, stands out for its poetic and minimalist treatment of life, pain, and the meaning of existence. Inspired by the figure of his deceased uncle , the director constructs a narrative without explanatory constraints, inviting the viewer to reflect through the silences, the glances, and the decisions the characters must make in this pre-existing limbo.

The result is an emotional and philosophical experience reminiscent of titles such as Koreeda's After Life or Soul From Pixar, but with a more austere tone . Available on Prime Video, Nine Days offers a different take on the psychological science fiction film scene. It's not a film about effects or grand revelations, but rather an exercise in introspection dressed up as a fable.