In response to the query "is the government of the United States evil?," a bright computer programmer gets arrested and held in solitary confinement for a short period of time. When his interrogators refuse to let him go, the programmer strikes a bargain with them: he agrees to re-design the software in exchange for his freedom, despite his desperation and awareness of the answer's potential consequences. Throughout their quest to comprehend how and why the software responded to an ethical question and their efforts to find a means to change its response, the faith and patience of both the programmer and his captors are tested to the limit. "S.E.R.P." is an eerie and darkly funny film concerning compulsion, invention, and whether or not it is possible to achieve something good in the service of something bad.
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In response to the query "is the government of the United States evil?," a bright computer programmer gets arrested and held in solitary confinement for a short period of time. When his interrogators refuse to let him go, the programmer strikes a bargain with them: he agrees to re-design the software in exchange for his freedom, despite his desperation and awareness of the answer's potential consequences. Throughout their quest to comprehend how and why the software responded to an ethical question and their efforts to find a means to change its response, the faith and patience of both the programmer and his captors are tested to the limit. "S.E.R.P." is an eerie and darkly funny film concerning compulsion, invention, and whether or not it is possible to achieve something good in the service of something bad.
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