Proxima

A quietly intense, emotionally raw look at a mother's impossible balancing act, grounded in real training facilities and carried by a fierce central performance.

Directed by

Alice Winocour

Genres

Drama

Starring

Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Zélie Boulant-Lemesle

Overview

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 seven 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.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Parenthood, ambition, identity, isolation

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

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

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