chinese   china   flashback   girl   father daughter relationship   alien   ufo   helicopter   memory   alien contact   space   wine   computer   military officer   colonel   u.s. soldier   language barrier   extraterrestrial   reminiscence   escalation   based on short story   title at the end   contamination   disease   militarism   physicist   hazmat suit   seeing the future   absent father   linguist   montana   female scientist   baby girl   first contact   kid art   low gravity   bird in a cage   first person narration   begins with narration   breaking news   chinese army officer   cowgirl costume   decontamination   foresight   international relations   linguistics   military aggression   news channel   palindrome   reference to abbott and costello   reference to the united nations   reference to the university of california at berkeley   sanskrit   theoretical physicist   death   flash forward   one word title   nonlinear timeline   voice over narration   husband wife relationship   montage   death of daughter   spacecraft   mother daughter relationship   no opening credits   threat