Friendship's Death

True to her name, Friendship (Tilda Swinton) wants all humans to get along. She's a robot from a distant world planning to exhort mankind to reform its violent ways. But, when she lands in Amman, Jordan, in 1970, she finds Palestinians waging deadly battles with Jordanians. Sullivan (Bill Paterson), a British journalist covering the fighting, ferries her to safety, and the unlikely pals pass the time discussing mortality, technology, the nature of warfare and the modern media. …