WNYCA new sci-fi thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen is set in the not-so-distant future, where a couple hoping to have a child must undergo a seven-day evaluation to determine their fitness as parents. Olsen discusses her role as a prospective mother in “The Assessment,” now in theaters.
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Kousha Navidar: This is All Of It on WNYC. I’m Kousha Navidar, filling in for Alison Stewart. You’ve probably heard the phrase it takes a village to raise a child. What if village leadership was in charge of saying who could and could not have a child? That’s the premise of the new sci-fi thriller. It’s called The Assessment. It stars Elizabeth Olsen as Mia and Himesh Patel as Aaryan, a couple looking to become parents in a future ravaged by natural disasters which has made parts of the world uninhabitable. Fortunately for them, everyone in their society gets to live a calm life where medical treatment allows them to significantly slow the aging process, but the government maintains a very strict control of resources. This means couples who want a child must undergo a rigorous, and I’m talking rigorous, seven-day evaluation to determine who’s fit to be a parent and to prevent overpopulation. The assessor stays with the couple the entire time. The assessor scrutinizes all aspects of the couple’s lives. Living conditions, work, intimacy, their relationship with their own parents. It’s everything. The Assessment is now playing in theaters. Actor Elizabeth Olsen, we are lucky to have her just across the table right now. She joins us to discuss. Elizabeth, welcome back to All Of It.
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