A young girl, the daughter of a scientist, in an Earth now almost completely poisoned by unbreathable air, fights with all her might to recreate life on our planet. She is practically the only one who still believes in it. Almost all human beings have moved to Io, the satellite of Jupiter, with a view to colonising one of the nearest habitable planets. Will she give in and board the last ship leaving for the Jovian satellite, or will she continue to have faith in the possibility of saving Earth?
Described in this way, the film looks very interesting and promising, but ultimately disappoints. How so? Not because of the figurative part, which succeeds in evocatively recreating the contrast between the cities, submerged in clouds of poisonous gases, and the plateaus, rising above the poisoned air and where life somehow manages to continue. Not because of the music, a lyrical symphonism that fits well with the narrative atmosphere. And not because of the slowness and lack of significant episodes that bored many viewers of this film (but which, in certain contexts, can be tolerated). No, the weakest part of the film certainly concerns the overly stereotyped characters and a certain excessive trivialisation of environmentalist morals, as well as a certain pretentiousness in the cultural references (Plato and love, Cézanne and beauty: concepts addressed in a somewhat superficial way). It's a pity, because the authors could have made a much better film out of it, playing their cards better, above all by writing better that character who dreams of being able to give back to the Earth, which we have ruined, its original wonderful aspect.
Described in this way, the film looks very interesting and promising, but ultimately disappoints. How so? Not because of the figurative part, which succeeds in evocatively recreating the contrast between the cities, submerged in clouds of poisonous gases, and the plateaus, rising above the poisoned air and where life somehow manages to continue. Not because of the music, a lyrical symphonism that fits well with the narrative atmosphere. And not because of the slowness and lack of significant episodes that bored many viewers of this film (but which, in certain contexts, can be tolerated). No, the weakest part of the film certainly concerns the overly stereotyped characters and a certain excessive trivialisation of environmentalist morals, as well as a certain pretentiousness in the cultural references (Plato and love, Cézanne and beauty: concepts addressed in a somewhat superficial way). It's a pity, because the authors could have made a much better film out of it, playing their cards better, above all by writing better that character who dreams of being able to give back to the Earth, which we have ruined, its original wonderful aspect.