Proxima (2019)

An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.

Director:

Alice Winocour

Writers:

Alice Winocour (screenplay), Jean-Stéphane Bron (collaboration)

Stars:

Eva Green, Zélie Boulant, Matt Dillon

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eva Green	...	Sarah Loreau
Zélie Boulant	...	Stella Akerman Loreau
Matt Dillon	...	Mike Shannon
Aleksey Fateev	...	Anton Ocheivsky
Lars Eidinger	...	Thomas Akerman
Sandra Hüller	...	Wendy Hauer
Trond-Erik Vassal	...	Jurgen
Nancy Tate	...	Naomi Shannon
Grégoire Colin	...	Sarah's Doctor
Igor Filippov	...	Dima
Svetlana Nekhoroshikh	...	Vera
Anna Sherbinina	...	Russian Journalist
Vitaly Jay	...	Star City Member
Lionel Ferra	...	Exoskeleton Coach
Manuela Aguzzi	...	Exoskeleton Coach

Storyline

Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her eight-year-old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. Her love is overpowering, unsettling. When Sarah is chosen to join the crew of a year-long space mission called Proxima, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.

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Plot Keywords:

male astronaut | mother daughter relationship | female astronaut | cat | swimming pool | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Eva Green was raised in France, she attended an English-speaking school from a young age, and can speak both French and English flawlessly. Her French accent when speaking English in the movie is thus highly exaggerated.

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Goofs

During the staff party at the beginning of the film, Mike's wife is first seen taking a picture with him and their kids. A few minutes later, they say hi and kiss as if they would meet then.

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Soundtracks

Danse Macabre, op. 40
Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by The Malmö Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marc Soustrot

User Reviews

Great movie and great acting all around

I went to see this movie expecting nothing, I didn't even know it existed. We just had free tickets to the movies... And it was actually great, Eva Green's acting I think deserved an Oscar, and the little girl acts very natural, and you feel for her. Like other reviewers said, don't expect Sci-fi, it's a very realistic depiction of an astronaut's training, no glamour here, no Hollywood super clean and modern spin on it. Just real looking people working super hard to achieve a great feat.

Tl:Dr Don't expect Sci-fi, it's a very well written family drama during a very realistic and raw depiction of an astronaut training, the acting is great too.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

France Germany

Language:

French English Russian German

Release Date:

27 November 2019 (France)

Also Known As:

Proxima

Filming Locations:

Vélizy, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$736,015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharamsala, Darius Films, Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1