SINGAPORE - In the science-fiction film Chaos Walking, there is a scene in which Todd, played by Tom Holland, accidentally confesses his feelings for Viola, played by Daisy Ridley.
He has been brought up in an all-male colony while she is an astronaut whose craft has crashed on his planet, a place where a strange force makes the thoughts of men audible, creating a phenomenon called "the noise".
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