On pristine beaches, evil sparkles under a pure sun as the staff read the slightest wish in your eyes: James and Em are enjoying the perfect vacation. But one day when they walk outisde of the gates of the luxury resort with the seductive and mysterious Gabi, a tragic accident occurs and suddenly there is no turning back for the couple. They find themselves in a parallel world of violence, boundless hedonism and unspeakable horror, and are faced with an unimaginable choice under the island’s zero-tolerance crime policy: be executed or, if you can afford it, watch yourself die! What happens when life and death are so similar that you cannot tell them apart anymore? In a style that becomes ever more exciting and visionary as the film progresses, Brandon Cronenberg invites us to go beyond our limits to where nothing is true and anything is possible. (Berlinale)