The Cosmonaut (2013)

What if you got back home... and there was nobody there? In 1975, the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in Space. However, through ... See full summary »

Director:

Nicolás Alcalá

Writers:

Nicolás Alcalá, Henry Pierrot (novel)

Stars:

Katrine De Candole, Leon Ockenden, Max Wrottesley

Cast

Credited cast:
Katrine De Candole	...	Yulia
Leon Ockenden	...	Stas
Max Wrottesley	...	Andrei
David Barrass	...	Chelomei
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt	...	General Alexander
Greg Blackford	...	Nikolai
Lee Cheney	...	Sergei
Steve Galache	...	Sasha
Gints Andzans	...	Soldier #2
Leonarda Kestere-Klavina	...	Kamanin's wife
Nicole Kasenko	...	Andrei's date
Hermans Egleskalns	...	Technician #2
Gints Treijs	...	Gagarin
Andrejs Muzikants	...	Technician #1
Tommaso De Santis	...	Giovanni Battista Judica-Cordiglia

Storyline

What if you got back home... and there was nobody there? In 1975, the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in Space. However, through ghostly radio messages, he claims to have come back to Earth and found it empty, not a living soul. His unrealistic presence and his voice will little by little destroy the world of his beloved ones.

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Plot Keywords:

moon | cosmonaut | soviet union | space race | two word title | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official blog Official Facebook []

Country:

Spain Russia

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 2013 (Spain)

Also Known As:

El cosmonauta

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

€860,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entropy Studio, Forma Pro Films, Pecera Estudio

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At Cosmonaut Experience and through monthly Share to View sessions the film is available online from 18 May 2013.

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Connections

Followed by The Hummingbird (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Memories"
Written by Aaron Geis
Performed by Blind with Rain

User Reviews

A Wonderful Trip To The Moon And Back

I viewed this film with an open mind. It was funded by the world, and was free to download on Frostwire P2P sharing program.

The beginning of the film starts consisted of great film quality, excellent special effects, a really awesome score. The special effects would rate up there with any Hollywood production as far as I'm concerned. The score of the film is very beautiful and very well conducted.

This films delves into an age where the Space Race was the game. Apparently the United States won that race, but The Cosmonaut is an interesting story not only is it a film about a failed mission to the moon, but it is also about a love story between Stas(Leon Ockenden),Andei(Max Wrottesley) and Yulia(Katrine De Candole). The two friends make Andrei and Stas make a bet to make there feelings about Yulia mutual, in other words they have the same feelings for one woman. Andrei eventually gets news that they are going to the moon from his Commander of the Russian space program. (This is known eventually over time while watching the film) Andrei picks his best friend Stas to be on the mission and take the role of the first Russian on the moon. Things don't pan out well for the young Russian Cosmonaut, and we are left with him walking through an emotional field of familiar sites and sounds but not quite as he remembered things.

While these scenes are being raced across our television screens and into our senses, we see Yulia not being able to deal with the situation at hand and she starts to lose the will to live.

This film is directed in a very abstract way that has a very basic storyline, but is magically brought to life with atmospheric sounds, colours, and visual effects.

In my opinion, Cosmonaut is a very beautiful and visual film and well edited and scripted, with the help of people all over the world. Very nice to see this film took people from all over to deliver such a wonderful sight, and with no help from Hollywood, or any others like it.

Cosmonaut is very imaginative and entertaining, I would recommend this film to anyone. My only complaint about the film is the Russians speak with a British accent, but regardless very well done, and I think the films storyline is a message to all of us. If we all stick together we can accomplish anything. Hats off to the director Nicolás Alcalá, the actors, and to all the wonderful people that supported this film

Thank YOU! Thanks for reading Jeffrey J Turner, Canada