Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Amy Adams as Louise Banks
Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly
Forest Whitaker as Colonel Weber
Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent Halpern
Mark O'Brien as Captain Marks
Tzi Ma as General Shang
Abigail Pniowsky as 8-Year-Old Hannah
Julia Scarlett Dan as 12-Year-Old Hannah
Jadyn Malone as 6-Year-Old Hannah
Frank Schorpion as Dr. Kettler
Lucas Chartier-Dessert as Private Lasky
Christian Jadah as Private Combs
Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld as CNAC Anchor
Andrew Shaver as Environmental Tech
Pat Kiely as Environmental Tech
Sonia Vigneault as Dr. J. Bydwell
Mark Camacho as Richard Riley
Sabrina Reeves as Press Secretary
Julian Casey as Australian Scientist
Tony Robinow as British Scientist
Larry Day as CIA Officer Dan Ryder
Matthew Willson as Preacher
Ruth Chiang as Chinese Scientist
Russell Yuen as Chinese Scientist
Sergiy Marchenko as Russian Officer
Anana Rydvald as Swedish Scientist
Bineyam Girma as Sudan Representative
Abdelghafour Elaaziz as African Representative
Abdul Ayoola as Sierra Leone Representative
Alex M. Yeuh as Japanese Minister
Daniel Esteban as Venezuelan Representative
Albert Kwan as Chinese Man
Brittany Teo as Student with Smartphone
Joe Cobden as Cryptographer
Lorne Brass as Cryptographer
Genevieve Sirois as Cryptographer
Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon as Science Team Member
Michael Nangreaves as Science Team Member
Reda Guerinik as Communications Operator
Adrien Benn as Communications Operator
Sasha Samar as Communications Operator
Kathleen Stavert as Communications Operator
Kattia Thony as Nurse
Leisa Reid as Nurse
Brent Skagford as Lieutenant
Gurdeep Ahluwalia as Soldier
Shawn Campbell as TV Anchor
Brian Dunstan as TV Anchor
Dan Duran as TV Anchor
Lori Graham as TV Anchor
Orla Johannes as TV Anchor
John Sanford Moore as TV Anchor
Sangita Patel as TV Anchor
Hal Roberts as TV Anchor
Camille Ross as TV Anchor
Ola Sturik as TV Anchor
Tammie Sutherland as TV Anchor
Max Walker as TV Anchor
Marc-André Goulet as Motion Capture Heptapod
Paul-Antoine Taillefer as Motion Capture Heptapod
Martin Jr Pelletier as Motion Capture Heptapod
Carmela Nozza Guizzo as 4-Year-Old Hannah (uncredited)
Robert D. Morais as Master Sergeant Douglas (uncredited)
Mustafa Haidari as Foreign Correspondent (uncredited)
Philippe Hartmann as Halpern's Deputy Director (uncredited)
Laurean Adrian Parau as US Army Major (uncredited)
Nathaly Thibault as Gala Guest (uncredited)
Leslie Baker as Middle Aged Woman (uncredited)
Dave Campbell as Soldier (uncredited)
Alexander Da Mota as Venezuelan Military (uncredited)
Akul Dang as Pakistani Scientist (uncredited)
Frank Fiola as Soldier (uncredited)
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Nicolas Lepage Art Direction
Denis Villeneuve Director
Ted Chiang Short Story
Eric Heisserer Screenplay
Glen Basner Executive Producer
Eric Heisserer Executive Producer
Michael Jackman Co-Producer
Dan Levine Producer
Shawn Levy Producer
David Linde Producer
Karen Lunder Producer
Tory Metzger Executive Producer
Milan Popelka Executive Producer
Aaron Ryder Producer
Stan Wlodkowski Executive Producer
Joe Walker Editor
Francine Maisler Casting
Isabelle Guay Supervising Art Director
Jean-Pierre Paquet Art Direction
Robert Parle Art Direction
Paul Hotte Set Decoration
Marianne Bobet Makeup Artist
Marie-Christine Dormier Hairstylist
Réjean Goderre Key Hair Stylist
Joan Patricia Parris Makeup Artist
Colleen Quinton Makeup Department Head
Sabrina Trudel Makeup Artist
Alain Caporicci Set Production Assistant
Michael Jackman Post Production Supervisor
Hélène Ross Production Manager
Stan Wlodkowski Unit Production Manager
Serge Archambault Scenic Artist
Stephen Craig Scenic Artist
Meinert Hansen Conceptual Design
Hélène Lamarre Art Department Coordinator
André Nicholas Malouf Set Dressing Artist
Aaron Morrison Assistant Art Director
Pierre-Jules Audet Sound Effects Editor
Mathieu Beaudin Sound Effects Editor
Nicolas Becker Special Sound Effects
Sylvain Bellemare Supervising Sound Editor
Luc Boudrias Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernard Gariépy Strobl Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ilyaa Ghafouri Sound Design Assistant
Olivier Guillaume Special Sound Effects
Claude La Haye Sound Mixer
Francis Péloquin Boom Operator
Marc Reichel Special Effects
Christopher Ahrens CG Supervisor
Félix Arsenault Modeling
Marc Aubry Animation
Andrew Barry Compositors
Michael Beaulac Digital Compositors
Olivier Beaulieu Digital Compositors
Matt Belbin Digital Effects Supervisor
Sébastien Bergeron Visual Effects Producer
Louise Bertrand Visual Effects Producer
Miguel Berube Ouellet Modeling
Samuel Boisvert Digital Compositors
Xavier Bourque Digital Compositors
Meggie Cabral Visual Effects Producer
Steve Cady Animation
Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo Digital Compositors