An android is dispatched to Earth in an effort to broker peace talks between the human population. Her original destination was MIT, but she finds herself in Amman, Jordan, during the Black September riots of 1970. She is found wandering after a bombing with no identification, and Sullivan, a British journalist, takes her in. However, as they get to the other planet, she reveals that she is actually a robot sent as a peace messenger. He has doubts about her story, but he is intrigued by her unconventional perspective. Their chats about the human predicament are both profound and hilarious.
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An android is dispatched to Earth in an effort to broker peace talks between the human population. Her original destination was MIT, but she finds herself in Amman, Jordan, during the Black September riots of 1970. She is found wandering after a bombing with no identification, and Sullivan, a British journalist, takes her in. However, as they get to the other planet, she reveals that she is actually a robot sent as a peace messenger. He has doubts about her story, but he is intrigued by her unconventional perspective. Their chats about the human predicament are both profound and hilarious.
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