Aloft

A quiet, emotionally heavy journey through grief and icy landscapes, asking for patience and offering moments of fragile connection.

Directed by

Claudia Llosa

Genres

Drama

Starring

Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent

Overview

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, bleak and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Grief, family, isolation, faith

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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