Cloud Atlas
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer Run Time: 172 min. Release Year: 2012
Starring: Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Tom Hanks
A kaleidoscopic epic of reincarnation, resistance, and radical empathy, Cloud Atlas is a cinematic experience unlike any other—bold, operatic, and unafraid to leap across time, space, and genre. Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), this genre-bending adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel connects six interwoven stories across centuries, from a 19th-century Pacific voyage to a post-apocalyptic future.
With an ensemble cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Doona Bae, and Jim Broadbent—each playing multiple roles across timelines—the film explores how a single act of kindness (or cruelty) ripples across history. It’s a puzzle box of narratives that coalesce into a transcendent meditation on freedom, identity, and the eternal struggle between oppression and liberation.