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Story

2003 · 87 min

A quiet, hypnotic portrait that drifts between wonder and melancholy, asking you to sit with one man's solitude.

Directed by
Dana Ranga
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Story Musgrave
Tagline
Hypnotizing and original
Overview
Never before has an astronaut spoken up - about the faults and tragedies of his life, about the achievements and experiences of man in space: Story Musgrave invites us on an emotional journey around a human being exiled between Earth and weightlessness. Astronaut of six space flights, poet, surgeon, chemist, computer specialist and father of six children. Did this ultimately uprooted man find his place here on Earth? He is a metaphor for search and evolution, for love and loneliness.

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Directed by
Dana Ranga
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Story Musgrave
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • exploration
    • loneliness
    • family
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    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
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    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Dana Ranga
    Written by
    Dana Ranga
    Starring
    Story Musgrave
    Cinematography
    Francisco Gózon
    Runtime
    87 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    English

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