Tenet
Sign in to saveTenet (stylized in all caps, sometimes as TENƎꓕ) is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. It stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The film follows a former CIA officer who is recruited into a secret organization, tasked with tracing the origin of objects that are traveling backward through time and their connection to an attack from the future to the present.
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Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action thriller directed by Christopher Nolan that follows a former CIA officer recruited into a secret organization to investigate mysterious objects moving backward through time and their link to a future attack on the present. The film matters as a major studio release showcasing Nolan's signature complex storytelling and features an ensemble cast including John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.
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7.2Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Released: 2020-08-22150 minDir: Christopher NolanAction, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast
- John David Washington as Protagonist
- Robert Pattinson as Neil
- Elizabeth Debicki as Kat
- Kenneth Branagh as Sator
- Dimple Kapadia as Priya
- Michael Caine as Crosby
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27 sectionsContents
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- Cast
- Production
- Writing and pre-production
- Casting
- Design and special effects
- Filming
- Post-production
- Music
- Marketing
- Release
- Theatrical
- Home media
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Audience reception
- Accolades
- Themes and analysis
- Palindromes and anadromes
- Temporal paradoxes and free will
- Scientific accuracy
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
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Tenet (stylized in all caps, sometimes as TENƎꓕ) is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. It stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The film follows a former CIA officer who is recruited into a secret organization, tasked with tracing the origin of objects that are traveling backward through time and their connection to an attack from the future to the present.
Nolan took over five years to write the screenplay after deliberating about Tenet central ideas for more than a decade. Pre-production began in late 2018, casting took place in March 2019, and principal photography lasted six months in multiple countries. After delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenet was released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020, and in the United States on September 3, 2020. It was Nolan's last film to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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