
And in recent years it has become an increasingly prominent stage for the spiraling tensions between Washington and Beijing.Ĭhina says it has “exercised jurisdiction over relevant islands, reefs and waters in the South China Sea for thousands of years,” as its foreign ministry put it in 2020. The South China Sea, double the size of the Gulf of Mexico, is a teeming trade route with abundant estimated reserves of oil and gas. It is made up of nine broad-brush dashes, representing a colossal maritime claim that has been summarily rejected by international law.

This is China’s vast - and fiercely disputed - territorial claim over most of the South China Sea. But with the CIA and global leaders monitoring their interactions, will they be able to make their breakthrough without any unwanted interference? The film was nominated for nine BAFTAs, including Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Leading Actress (Adams), two Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Adams) and Best Original Score - Motion Picture (J¢hann J¢hannsson), and eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Villeneuve) and Best Adapted Screenplay.“We do not grant a license for the American movie ‘Barbie’ to be released in Vietnam because it contains the offending image of the nine-dash line,” Vi Kien Thanh, head of the ministry’s department of cinema, told the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper. Under the command of Colonel Weber (Whitaker), Louise and military scientist Ian Donnelly (Renner) try to learn more about the aliens' language so they can communicate with them and discover why they have come to Earth, before someone else across the globe decides to attack first.

After mysterious alien spacecraft land on Earth, American linguistics professor Dr Louise Banks (Adams) finds herself working with the army to decode the aliens' communications.

Synopsis: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker star in this sci-fi drama directed by Denis Villeneuve.
