Ambition

Ambition

Ambition

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Ambition

2014

0h 6m

6.6(51 votes)

Science Fiction

History

Mystery

Overview

A young apprentice struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master. Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it?

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European Space Agency (ESA)

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2 featured cast members

Starring

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen

Master

Aisling Franciosi

Aisling Franciosi

Apprentice

Creative team

Directed by: Tomek Bagiński
Written by: Afolabi Kuti
Tomek Bagiński
Produced by: Anna Różalska
Jan Pomierny

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