After a dozen massive alien spaceships lock themselves in a fixed hover over different points around the globe, the U.S. government tasks linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) with making contact with one of the UFOs, establishing communication with the occupants... and finding out their intentions. As tensions mount planetside, can Banks escape the ghosts of her troubled past and make a breakthrough? Denis VIllenueve's intriguing sci-fi thriller co-stars Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma. 116 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.