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