Sence (1996 film)

Sence (lit. Shadows) (English title: A World of Shadows) (Chinese: 影子入侵) is a 1996 Malichkan Slovene-language supernatural fantasy surreal science fiction disaster anthology film directed by Darren Stanton and produced by RTVM's film production division. The film's final grossing was 92 million Malichka dollars. The world premiere was on May 17th 1996 at the RTVM Theater in Dvoreki.

Plot
The series is divided into 5 partly-related segments, with a Dvoreki under attack by shadowy humanoid figures, who can flatten, shapeshift, float and phase through solid objects, as the setting.

The first segment takes place in the grounds of the Malichka Catholic University. Classes are interrupted by a thunderstorm and a cloud of black smoke transforms into shadow creatures anybody engulfed in it, as well as turning the surroundings black and white and looking run-down.

The second segment takes place in RTVM headquarters in Dvoreki's old town. Antun, a reporter, is sent on assignment to the CBD where several people gaze at the unnaturally-dark thunderstorm clouds. Suddenly the clouds drop and turn darker, as swirls of black smoke poison and de-color the environment, turn everyone into shadow creatures and damage buildings causing them to look abandoned. They leave a grim image of the CBD in their wake. The swirls close in on the RTVM building, damaging it and turning it abandoned-looking.

The third segment is set in the Novi Osijek neighborhood of Dvoreki. Two young women are shopping at a designer outlet in a mall when they are interrupted by the sound of thunder. A strange cloud of black smoke fills the shop and the girls attempt to flee the smoke storm along with other shoppers. However they find themselves trapped in the mall as the cloud of black busts through the entrance and closes in on the atrium. The helpless shoppers are turned into shadow creatures.

The fourth segment shows the destruction of the rest of Dvoreki. Intimidated people look on in horror as black rain begins to fall on buildings. A cloud of black smoke envelops Ericsson Square like a tsunami, melting the statue of St. George due to unknown means. The rivers of Kuščar-gre-Mimo and Čistevode are poisoned by the black rain and turn into a black color. Trees engulfed in the smoke die and turn a pure black. The smoke begins melting cars. It dissipates revealing a post-apocalyptic Dvoreki without color.

The fifth segment is set in the CBD a year later. The shadow figures are seen walking zombielike, phasing through walls, hovering over the landscape and passing through each other. The film ends here.

Cast

 * Anton Bjerg as teacher
 * Eric Hyles as Antun
 * Stefania Kokić as shopper
 * Stephen Krolo as clerk

Production
The budget was estimated to be at 800 million Malichka dollars. Most of it went to CGI: designing the shadow figures, some of the scenes of Dvoreki skyline, and using mocap technology to animate the shadow figures.

Box office
The film's final grossing was at 92 million Malichka dollars.

Sequel
A 2000 sequel, Sence 2, shows the onset of the events happening across other parts of Malichka.