In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. In 2154, as the rich thrive in a space station while the poor struggle back on Earth, a dying laborer fights to save himself and restore balance. Watch trailers & learn more. Elysium is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Neill Blomkamp. [4] It was Blomkamp's second directorial effort. The word Elysium derives via Latin from the Ancient Greek Ēlysion (pedion) "Elysian (field)", ultimately of unknown origin. [13] Eustathius of Thessalonica [14] associated the word Elysion (Ἠλύσιον) with ἀλυουσας alyousas (itself from the verb ἀλύω alyō, "to be deeply stirred from joy") [15] or from ἀλύτως alytōs, synonymous of ἀφθάρτως (ἄφθαρτος, "incorruptible"), [16] referring to souls' life in this place. Another suggestion is from the ...
