Artificial Justice

In the near future in Spain, the Government aims to replace judges with an Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and depoliticise the justice system. Carmen Costa, a distinguished judge, has been invited to assess this new procedure.

However, when the THENTE 1 software’s creator Alicia Kóvack is found dead, she realises her life is in danger and that she will have to fight the powerful interests that are at play in the highest echelons of the State. Galician Simón Casal takes the debate the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence one step further in a gripping thriller of political conspiracies.

The fact that the story is set in the near future adds a feeling of urgency; the discussions on AI eerily resemble our realities and the overloaded judicial system appears familiar. Actress Veronica Echegui, playing Carmen Costa is the pivot of the conflict: she wrestles with her loyalty to the late top executive of the company, but also with her belief in a humane jurisdiction. Carmen’s inner process carries the film and provides an important technological issue a human face.