What Happened to Monday - wikipedia What Happened to Monday This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. It should be expanded to provide more balanced coverage that includes real - world context. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot. ( September 2017 ) What Happened to Monday Netflix release poster Directed by Tommy Wirkola Produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis Fabrice Gianfermi Philippe Rousselot Written by Max Botkin Kerry Williamson Starring Noomi Rapace Willem Dafoe Glenn Close Marwan Kenzari Pål Sverre Hagen Tomiwa Edun Stig Frode Henriksen Santiago Cabrera Robert Wagner Vlad Rădescu Music by Christian Wibe Cinematography José David Montero Edited by Martin Stoltz Distributed by SND Films ( world ) Vendôme Pictures ( world ) Netflix ( US ) Release date August 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 18 ) Country United Kingdom United States France Belgium Language English Box office $18.8 million What Happened to Monday ( known as Seven Sisters in France ) is a dystopian science fiction thriller film, written by Max Botkin and Kerry Williamson, directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, and Willem Dafoe. Netflix bought the streaming rights to the film for the United States and other markets. Netflix released the film on August 18, 2017. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 References 6 External links Plot Around the year 2043, overpopulation causes a worldwide crisis, resulting in a strict one - child policy enforced by the Child Allocation Bureau. When multiple children are born to one mother, all but the eldest are put into cryosleep. Karen Settman dies when she gives birth to identical septuplet sisters. Their grandfather Terrence names them after the days of the week and trains them to pose as a single individual named after their mother, and to leave the house only on the day of their name. To safeguard their secret, Terrence ensures they share information on a daily basis and replicates any accident that affects one of the sisters ' physical appearance. The sisters develop a system of wigs and makeup to cover any identifying features. In 2073, as Sunday returns from her job at a bank, she sees C.A.B. agents detain a child as onlookers protest. The siblings watch the recorded incident and debate turning themselves in, agreeing to continue their act. The following day, Monday prepares her disguise as Karen, nervous about giving a presentation. At a checkpoint, Monday runs into Adrian Knowles, a C.A.B. agent who flirts with her. At the bank, Monday 's co-worker Jerry, a competitor for a promotion, hints at blackmailing her. When Monday fails to return home, Tuesday retraces her steps. Tuesday learns Monday got the promotion and met Jerry at a bar. Before she can investigate further, C.A.B. agents detain her and cut off her communications. Adrian sees Tuesday being escorted to a cell, where she meets Nicolette Cayman, head of the bureau and a candidate for parliament. Cayman explains she knows about Tuesday 's siblings, and, when Tuesday offers a bribe, Cayman reveals Monday offered the same deal. Cayman orders C.A.B. agents to assassinate Tuesday 's sisters. C.A.B. agents use a severed eye to bypass a retinal scanner. Thursday ambushes the agents as they arrest the other siblings. The sisters kill the agents, but Sunday dies. Learning the eye is Tuesday 's, the sisters suspect Jerry may have sold them out. The next day, Wednesday leaves without disguising herself and confronts Jerry. He reveals the sisters got the promotion when `` Karen '' sent millions of euros to Cayman to fund her campaign. After a C.A.B. sniper kills him, Wednesday kills several C.A.B. agents and flees. As the others remotely guide Wednesday to safety, Adrian shows up at the apartment, concerned about `` Karen ''. Thursday convinces Saturday to leave with Adrian, who has had a long - term sexual relationship with one of the sisters. Pretending to be Karen, Saturday has sex with Adrian and covertly links their bracelets, allowing Friday to hack into C.A.B. headquarters. On a video feed, they apparently find Monday in a holding cell. Meanwhile, C.A.B. agents corner and kill Wednesday. After Adrian leaves his apartment, C.A.B. agents kill Saturday as she tells them Monday was dating Adrian. Reasoning that she can not survive on her own, Friday sacrifices herself to give Thursday a chance to rescue Monday when C.A.B. agents again storm the sisters ' apartment. Adrian hears about the incident and rushes to the apartment. Thursday takes him hostage and blames him for her sisters ' deaths. He is at first confused but claims to love Monday after realizing they are siblings. Thursday convinces Adrian to help by telling him Monday is still alive. Adrian sneaks Thursday into C.A.B. headquarters in a body bag. As she is prepared for disposal, a child undergoes cryosleep. Instead of being frozen, she is incinerated, which Thursday records. After overpowering the guards, Adrian and Thursday rescue Monday. But when they reached her cell, they learn that it 's Tuesday. They deduced that it is Monday who has sold them out to Cayman. After a scuffle, Thursday shoots Monday and leaves her for dead. As Cayman hosts a fundraiser, Tuesday and Adrian broadcast Thursday 's video footage. The crowd turns on Cayman, who insists she only did what was necessary. Monday staggers into the fundraiser, but a C.A.B. agent shoots her before she can kill Cayman. As the crowd flees, dying Monday reveals to the others that she was pregnant. In the aftermath, the Child Allocation Act is repealed and Cayman faces the death penalty. Thursday, Adrian, and Tuesday watch Monday 's and Adrian 's twins develop in an artificial womb. Tuesday and Thursday rename themselves Terry and Karen. Cast Noomi Rapace as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday / Karen Settman Clara Read as Young Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday / Young Karen Settman Willem Dafoe as Terrence Settman Glenn Close as Nicolette Cayman Marwan Kenzari as Adrian Knowles Pål Sverre Hagen as Jerry Tomiwa Edun as Eddie Stig Frode Henriksen as Enforcer # 3 Santiago Cabrera as Infomercial Processor Robert Wagner as Charles Benning Vlad Rădescu as TBA Release What Happened to Monday premiered at the 2017 Locarno Festival. Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 61 % of 18 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review ; the average rating is 5.8 / 10. Jessica Kiang of Variety called it a `` ludicrous, violent, amusingly dumb sci - fi actioner ''. Kiang said that, although it is full of plot holes and Rapace 's characters are thinly characterized, it is likely to become a cult film. References ^ Jump up to : John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy ( May 6, 2015 ). `` Cannes : SND Takes Noomi Rapace Sci - Fi Actioner ' Monday ? ' ''. Variety. ^ Jump up to : Setoodeh, Ramin ; Lang, Brent. `` Toronto : Netflix Buys ' What Happened to Monday ? ' With Noomi Rapace ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2016. ^ Jump up to : Kiang, Jessica ( 6 August 2017 ). `` Locarno Film Review : ' What Happened to Monday ? ' ''. Variety. Retrieved 22 August 2017. Jump up ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fWHATHAPPENEDTOMO01&country=FR&wk=2017W41&id=_fWHATHAPPENEDTOMO01&p=.htm Jump up ^ Richford, Rhonda ( 31 July 2015 ). `` Willem Dafoe Joins Glenn Close, Noomi Rapace in ' What Happened to Monday ' ''. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 August 2015. The Oscar - nominee boards the sci - fi thriller as it starts principal photography in Romania. Jump up ^ http://collider.com/seven-sisters-trailer-noomi-rapace/ Jump up ^ Kohn, Eric ( 2 August 2017 ). `` Isabelle Huppert, Noomi Rapace, and Bodybuilders : 7 Must - See Summer Movies From the 2017 Locarno Film Festival ''. IndieWire. Retrieved 22 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` What Happened to Monday ( 2017 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 August 2017. External links What Happened to Monday on Netflix What Happened to Monday on IMDb Netflix films and documentaries Current Documentaries The Zen of Bennett ( 2012 ) The Short Game ( 2013 ) The Square ( 2014 ) Mitt ( 2014 ) The Battered Bastards of Baseball ( 2014 ) Print the Legend ( 2014 ) E-Team ( 2014 ) Virunga ( 2014 ) Hot Girls Wanted ( 2015 ) What Happened, Miss Simone ? 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Question: who plays karen in what happened to monday
Answer: Noomi Rapace