Vesper (not rated)
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Okay, this is set in a post-apocalyptic future, after humanity tried to prevent an ecological crisis by investing in genetic engineering or whatever. We failed. Now most of the world is devoid of any edible plants or animals. An oligarchy lives in enclosed cities called citadels, while the rest of humanity struggles to survive. People purchase seeds from the citadels (apparently in exchange for blood donations), so they can grow food. But the seeds are genetically coded to only produce one harvest, so people have to keep obtaining more seeds.

The movie focuses on a teenage girl (13 or 14) named Vesper, who lives with her bedridden, paralyzed father. (Wikipedia calls him Darius, but I could swear he was called Daniel when I watched the movie.) He communicates with Vesper through a drone that accompanies her wherever she goes. There's also a group of people (mostly children, I guess) led by Vesper's uncle, Jonas, who is pretty shady. He'd like Vesper to come live with them, but she doesn't trust him. Anyway, one day a small ship crashes nearby, and Vesper finds a survivor, a girl named Camellia, who was traveling with her father, Elias. Vesper takes her back to her house and tends her wounds. Later, she goes out searching for Elias, but when she finds him, so does Jonas, who kills Elias. Vesper goes home, but tells Camellia she couldn't find her father. Meanwhile, Vesper finds a way to "unlock" the citadel's seeds, to make them fertile. But eventually the citadel learns of Camellia's location; she and Elias had been escaping from their citadel for a reason I won't spoil. So people come looking for her, and... I really don't want to spoil any more of what happens.

Well, the movie has incredible visuals, in terms of bio-engineered plants unlike anything on Earth (in the present). And Vesper is a pretty good character, I guess. For the most part, I liked the movie, but I was always waiting to see how it would end, and when the end finally came, I didn't really get it. So overall, I have very mixed feelings about the movie. I think it's a good, quality film in some ways. But my enjoyment of it ended up being less than I would have liked. I feel bad about not liking it more than I did, which is one reason I don't want to give it a rating. If I did, it would surely be a lower rating than the film deserves. And I'm sorry that I don't know what else to tell you.