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Here is the film’s magic trick: The language isn’t just a plot device. It is the plot.

The film’s non-linear structure mimics the aliens’ consciousness. We assume the flashbacks of Louise’s daughter (Hannah) are memories of a tragedy that has already occurred. We see the birth, the childhood, the illness, and the death. arrival english movie

Louise discovers that the heptapods' written language is non-linear. They write a sentence all at once—the beginning, middle, and end are a single circle. There is no "before" or "after" in their text. Here is the film’s magic trick: The language