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WHO’S IN IT?

Eva Green (Casino Royale), Zélie Boulant-Lemesle (Pieces of Me), Matt Dillon (Crash), Lars Eidinger (Clouds of Sils Maria), Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann), Aleksey Fateev (Loveless), Trond-Erik Vassal (Pop Redemption), Nancy Tate (Sarah’s Key), Igor Filippov (Beyond the Ocean), Svetlana Nekhoroshikh (Metro)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alice Winocour (Disorder), director, writer; Jean-Stéphane Bron (Mon Frère se Marie), writer; Serge Hayat (Let’s Dance), Isabelle Madelaine (Mascarades) and Emilie Tisné (Augustine), producers; Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant), composer; Georges Lechaptois (Summer Nights), cinematographer; Julien Lacheray (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sarah (Green) is a French astronaut who has been chosen to be part of the crew during a year-long mission in space. However, her impending departure puts enormous strain on her relationship with her young daughter Stella (Boulant-Lemesle)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Eva Green gives a career-best performance as an astronaut with a strong emotional situation in writer-director Alice Winocour’s most ambitious film to date.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 31ST JULY 2020

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