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Proxima (2020)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Jean-Stéphane Bron, Alice Winocour
In Theaters:11/6/2020
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Runtime:107 minutes
Studio:Dharamsala, Pandora Film, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma, Darius Films
Cast
Alice Winocour
Director
Eva Green
Sarah Loreau
Matt Dillon
Mike Shannon
Zélie Boulant-Lemesle
Stella Akerman Loreau
Lars Eidinger
Thomas Akerman
Sandra Hüller
Wendy Hauer
Alexey Fateev
Anton Ochievski
Trond-Erik Vassal
Jurgen
Nancy Tate
Naomi Shannon
Grégoire Colin
Sarah's Doctor
Igor Filippov
Dima
Svetlana Nekhoroshikh
Vera
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