"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."
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
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
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
Genevieve Sirois
Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon
as Science Team Member
Michael Nangreaves
Reda Guerinik
as Communications Operator
Adrien Benn
Sasha Samar
Kathleen Stavert
Kattia Thony
as Nurse
Leisa Reid
Brent Skagford
as Lieutenant
Gurdeep Ahluwalia
as Soldier
Shawn Campbell
as TV Anchor
Brian Dunstan
Dan Duran
Lori Graham
Orla Johannes
John Sanford Moore
Sangita Patel
Hal Roberts
Camille Ross
Ola Sturik
Tammie Sutherland
Max Walker
Marc-André Goulet
as Motion Capture Heptapod
Paul-Antoine Taillefer
Martin Jr Pelletier
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
Nicolas Lepage
Art Direction
Denis Villeneuve
Director
Ted Chiang
Short Story
Eric Heisserer
Screenplay
Glen Basner
Executive Producer
Michael Jackman
Co-Producer
Dan Levine
Producer
Shawn Levy
David Linde
Karen Lunder
Tory Metzger
Milan Popelka
Aaron Ryder
Stan Wlodkowski
Joe Walker
Editor
Francine Maisler
Casting
Isabelle Guay
Supervising Art Director
Jean-Pierre Paquet
Robert Parle
Paul Hotte
Set Decoration
Marianne Bobet
Makeup Artist
Marie-Christine Dormier
Hairstylist
Réjean Goderre
Key Hair Stylist
Joan Patricia Parris
Colleen Quinton
Makeup Department Head
Sabrina Trudel
Alain Caporicci
Set Production Assistant
Post Production Supervisor
Hélène Ross
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Serge Archambault
Scenic Artist
Stephen Craig
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
Nicolas Becker
Special Sound Effects
Sylvain Bellemare
Supervising Sound Editor
Luc Boudrias
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Ilyaa Ghafouri
Sound Design Assistant
Olivier Guillaume
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
Matt Belbin
Digital Effects Supervisor
Sébastien Bergeron
Visual Effects Producer
Louise Bertrand
Miguel Berube Ouellet
Samuel Boisvert
Xavier Bourque
Meggie Cabral
Steve Cady
Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo
Matthieu Chatelier
Marie-Pier Couture-Alain
Joanie Croteau
Visual Effects Coordinator
Dominic Dauphin
Robert De La Cruz
Thierry Delattre
Julien Dubusset
Lafleche Dumais
Jean-François Ferland
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jean-Pierre Flayeux
Vincent Forand
Jean-Francois Gallant
Emmanuel Gatera
Mathieu Girard
Jose Luis Gomez
Olivier Gravel
Veronique Guay
Nick Guth
Visual Effects
Gael Hollard
Nadine Homier
Noémie Jacques
Bruno-Pierre Jobin
Yann Jouannic
Lari Karam
Peter Konig
Heston L'Abbé
Caroline Labrie
Alain Lachance
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Alexandre Lafortune
Mathieu Lalonde
Maxime Lapointe
Xavier Larocque
Patrick Lemay-Hardy
Maxime Lemieux
Samuel Lepage-Bedard
Martine Losier
Hugo Léveillé
Karina Mariano
Richard Martin
Belly Mingmuong
Ivan Moran
Louis Morin
Bradford Young
Director of Photography
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Original Music Composer
Catherine Nadeau
Dan Cohen
Renée April
Costume Design
André Valade
Eames Gagnon
Gaffer
Frédéric Chamberland
Steadicam Operator
Jan Thijs
Still Photographer
Jean-François Dubé
Rigging Grip
Mary Lukasiewicz
First Assistant Editor
Pierre Daudelin
Best Boy Electric
Salomé Villeneuve
Costume Assistant
Isabelle Faivre-Duboz
Script Supervisor
Mario Davignon
Costume Supervisor
Viriya Say
Seamstress
Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Bruce Winant
Hans Bjerno
Aerial Director of Photography
Peter Wilke
Pierre-Luc L'Espérance
Shaun Nagorny
Maude Turcot
Christian Lalonde
Daniel Sauvé
Additional Camera
Marieke Séguin
Keith Kerr
Key Grip
Alain Bisson Doyal
Techno Crane Operator
Marc Désourdy
Stunt Coordinator
Marie-Soleil Dénommé
Jean Gagnon
Set Designer
Simon Guilbault
Jordana Sapiurka
Casting Assistant
Michèle St-Arnaud
Location Manager
Kathy Ann Thomas
Production Coordinator
Leo Yılmaz
Benoît Brière
Valéry Dufort-Boucher
Dialogue Editor
Claire Pochon
Stan Sakellaropoulos
ADR Supervisor
Steve Perski
Sound Recordist
Justin Scott Wilson
Lise Pharand
Property Master
Pierre Gill
Additional Photography
Donald Sparks
First Assistant Director
Luc Raymond
Foley Editor
Clint Bennett
Music Editor
Martin Henri
Line Producer
Musician
Music Arranger
Music Producer
Sandro Di Gioacchino
Assistant Hairdresser
Marie-Christine Cormier
Mario Huot
Marie-Lise Taupier
Hairdresser
Key Hairdresser
Fríða Aradóttir
Catherine Laniel
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jennifer Dionne
Xiao Yun Hu
Gillian Chandler
Morag Ross
Michelle Quinn
Évelyne Renaud
Additional Third Assistant Director
Martin Doepner
Marie-José Bourassa
Brigitte Goulet
Second Assistant Director
Dandy Thibaudeau
Karine P. Labelle
Second Second Assistant Director
Marie-Julie Dallaire
Second Unit Director
Moumita Mondal
Carl Kouri
Third Assistant Director
Kaven MacDonald
Martha Fernandez
Martin Macrae
Concept Artist
Carl Lessard
Graphic Designer
Jocelyn Charbonneau
Set Dresser
Louis Frederic Denomme
Luc Houle
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Marc-Andre Jalbert
Marco Lavallée
Sébastien Gervais
Louis-Antoine Lassonde
ADR Mixer
Maxwell Chamberlin
James A. Moore
ADR Recordist
Simon Girard
Assistant Sound Editor
Gabrielle Labelle Joly
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Olivier Calvert
Sound Designer
Dave Whitehead
Michelle Child
Alan Robert Murray
Daniel Capeille
Anthony Weeden
Conductor
Orchestrator
Paul Corley
Mixing Engineer
Owen Roberts
Will Slater
Music Sound Design and Processing
Simon Ashdown
Adam Wiltzie
Colin Stetson
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Olafur Bjorn Olafsson
Daniel Kresco
Scoring Mixer
Jan Holzner
Score Engineer
Elenor Wiman
Vocals
Ellen Marie Brink Christensen
Else Torp
Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj
Kristin Mulders
Paul Bentley
Signe Asmussen
Réal Hamel
Picture Car Coordinator
Jean-Francois Hall
Driver
Steve Szewczok
Harvey Drouelle
Spiro Tsovras
Denis Doiron
Michel Saule
Bernard Guay
Philippe Montel
Transportation Coordinator
Alexandre Juaneda
Lyssa J. Caster
Transportation Captain
Victorine Tamafo
Travel Coordinator
Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Thanks
Broderick Johnson
Andrew A. Kosove
David Kristian
Cathy Gurvis
Assistant Accountant
Gabriella Ludlow
Legal Services
Erik Yelemanov
Scientific Consultant
Stephen Wolfram
Elizabeth Himelstein
Dialect Coach
Wen Shen
Dialogue Coach
Gilles Montreuil
First Assistant Accountant
Lise Servant
Payroll Accountant
Tom Di Blasio
Production Accountant
Nathalie Lagacé
Aurelie Poirier
Production Assistant
Caroline Thisdale
Francois Ricard-Sheard
Hanna Oldenburg
Marc-André Massé
Sophie Mailloux
Ben Browning
Production Executive
Troy Allen
Alex Feldman
Production Secretary
Irina Cazazaeva
Phil Plait
Chantal Nolet
Second Assistant Accountant
Mathieu Coderre
Stand In
Christina Correll
Cyrille Chatelain
Technical Advisor
Didier Communaux
Unit Manager
Puelo Deir
Unit Publicist
Krista Bell
Stunt Double
Max Laferriere
Paul Viger
Stunts
Dominic Lapointe
Additional First Assistant Camera
Amandine Schelle
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Leon Rivers-Moore
Digital Imaging Technician
Marc Hénaut
Electrician
Michael Saintsbury
Chloé Giroux-LaChance
First Assistant Camera
Dany Racine
First Assistant "A" Camera
Christian Caperaa
First Assistant "B" Camera
Réal Saulnier
Generator Operator
Claude Gervais
Grip
Jacynthe Labrosse
Key Rigging Grip
David Villeneuve
Lighting Technician
Henri Normand
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Second Assistant Camera
Marie-Helene Tremblay
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Victor Ghizaru
Video Assist Operator
Julie Breton
Extras Casting
Caroline Poirier
Assistant Costume Designer
Mirenda Ouellet
Assistant Editor
Zach Marshall
Brigitte Renaud
Assistant Location Manager
Bruno Lemire
Joe Gawler
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Johanne Baril
Dresser
Julie Chénard
Ginette Régis
Key Dresser
Mariane Carter
Timothy Ferris
Post Production Assistant
John Sylva
Post Production Coordinator
Bernd Angerer
Camilo Guaman
David St-Amant
Adrien Annesley
Guillaume Boulay
Guillaume Pelletier
Jean-François Barthélémy
Jonathan Grégoire
Josef Sy
Toby Winder
Élodie Gilbert Lachapelle
Mathieu Goulet-Aubin
3D Artist
Visual Effects Art Director
Etienne Laroche
CG Artist
Fanny Berthiaume
Hernan Vietri
Robert Rioux
Stéphanie Morin
Guillaume Mainville
Jason Quintana
Jean-Sebastien Guillemette
Sylvain Theroux
Didier Bertrand
Compositing Supervisor
Nguon Vissal Ong
Vincent Poitras
Björn Gottwald
Compositor
David Monfette
Michel Frenette
Philippe Bienvenue
Nicolas-Alexandre Noel
Deak Ferrand
Louis-Martin Duval
Creative Director
Alban Kasikci
Digital Compositor
Amélie Rey
Andris Pakalns
Anna Pacchioni
Anthony Luigi Santoro
Christopher Tuleya
David Décoste
Dominic Vincent
Gabriel Roy
Gaël Chopin
Jean Frédéric Veilleux
Jose Luis Gomez Godinez
Katy Savoie
Louis-Alexandre Lord
Luke Drummond
Lyne Lepage
Micha Sher
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput
Randy Santandrea
Raphael Valle
Sébastien Rioux
Simon Beaupré
Simon-Pierre Puech
Véronique Tremblay
Xavier Doyon
Yi Zhang
Mathieu Tremblay
Philippe Thibault
Pierpaolo Navarini
Visual Effects Technical Director
Antonio Covelo Peleteiro
Dominik Kirouac
VFX Artist
James Dong
Owens Bazile
Pier-Luc Verville
Pierre Rousseau
Simon Devault
Compositing Lead
Dawid Borkiewicz
Lighting Artist
Frederic Schmidt
Veronique Levesque
Frédéric Gagnon
Shading
Gabriel Morin
Antoine Rouleau
Matte Painter
Catherine Hébert
Francois Croteau
Sith Khay
Eric Mc Guire
Eliott Beaudon
Frederic Dupere
Frederic St-Arnaud
Christopher Gonnord
Jean-Olivier Esther
Marc-Andre Poulin
Mario Fraser
Adam Wierzchowski
Pipeline Technical Director
Alan Fregtman
Carine Touraille
D.J. Rahming
Jean-Christophe Morin
Jonathan Niquet
Jordi Riera
Julien Dubuisson
Ken Mohammed
Laura Kwan
Marie Fétiveau
Guillaume Laforge
Marc-Olivier Rouleau
Matthew Gray
Nicholas Verschelde
Stephane Wirtel
Thomas Courtois
Pierre Raymond
Head of Production
Martin Chamney
Pre-Visualization Supervisor
Félix Clément
Jean-Sebastien Letourneau
Marie-Eve St-Amour
Mathieu Boudreau
Josee Chapdelaine
Louis-Philippe Clavet
Rotoscoping Artist
Valentin Delbroucq
Maxime Pearson
Singarajan Praveen
Alain Morin
Maxime Desforges
Philippe Cournoyer
Simon Chassé
William Perreault
Andréanne Lamoureux
Béatrice Palin
Dominique Richer
Gabrielle Perreault
Geneviève Gareau
Jean-Michel Cristofaro
Kevin Harding
Marie Soleil Chabot
Marie-Ève Gélinas
Mathieu Raynault
VFX Supervisor
Josiane Fradette
Arnaud Brisebois
Sasha Leigh Izadpanah
VFX Editor
Vicky Daneau
Philippe Theroux
Antonin Messier Turcotte
Kevin R. Browne
Martin Fourat
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Deborah Zadzora
Frederic St-Jean
Jean-Francois Lafleur
Marina Popova
Nathalie Cyr
Thibaud Galbois
Céline Zapater
François Poirier
Frédérique Schmidt
Guillaume Poulin
Melanie La Rue
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Sébastien Moreau
Alexandra Vaillancourt
Amelie Poitras
Annie Cliche
Daniel Booty
Sandra Germain
Ève Giordani
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Karl Alexandre Lamarre-Parent
Marc-André Roy
Melanie Murray
Ahmidou Lyazidi
Dave Thomlison
David Raymond
Emmanuel Pelletier
Eric G. Thivierge
François Lord
Mathieu Leclaire
Olivier Péloquin
Patrick Piche
Sylvain Berger
Joseph Kasparian
Sylvain Lebeau
Yves Bélanger
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Bryan Hsu
Sam Hudecki
Storyboard Artist
Tyler Newhouse
Kyle D. Krajewski
Gilles Marsalet
Assistant Foley Artist
Foley Artist
Niels Barletta
Foley Mixer
Steven Ghouti
Grégory Vincent
Patrice Vermette
Production Design
Jessica Coon
Script Consultant