Vivarium (film)

Vivarium
Vivarium
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lorcan Finnegan
Screenplay by	Garret Shanley
Story by	Garret Shanley; Lorcan Finnegan;
Produced by	John McDonnell; Brendan McCarthy;
Starring	Imogen Poots; Jesse Eisenberg;
Cinematography	MacGregor
Edited by	Tony Cranstoun
Music by	Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Production; companies	XYZ Films; Fantastic Films; Frakas Productions; PingPong Film; VOO; BeTV;
Distributed by	Vertigo Releasing and Wildcard Distribution (Ireland); Angel Films (Denmark);
Release dates	18 May 2019 (Cannes); 26 March 2020 (Ireland);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Ireland; Denmark; Belgium;
Language	English
Budget	€4 million
Box office	$487,625

Vivarium is a 2019 surrealist science fantasy horror film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley. Shanley also wrote the screenplay. An international co-production between Ireland, Denmark, and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, and Éanna Hardwicke.

It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2019, and was released in Ireland on 27 March 2020 by Vertigo Releasing. The film follows a couple (Eisenberg and Poots) who are forced to care for a mysterious humanoid creature while trapped in a strange, vivarium-like neighbourhood.