Moon (Spacewalks)

Show & Culture

Moon UK/USA 2009 | Director: Duncan Jones | Original version with French subtitles | 97' | Digital Cast: Sam Rockwell, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario • Outstanding Debut, BAFTA Awards 2010. Sam Bell has been living for more than three years at the Selene lunar station, managing the extraction of helium-3, Earth's only solution to the current energy crisis. Suffering from isolation and separation from his wife and daughter, he spends his days dreaming of their reunion. Press reviews: "An old-fashioned sci-fi movie in the best sense: far more psychological drama than space opera, dispensing with overweening CGI and loud flashy action sequences while harking back to subtler, more ideas-driven entries in the genre." (BBC) "The under-appreciated Rockwell finally gets a leading role worthy of his considerable talent." (Toronto Star) "Moon is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science-fiction, often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence, including digital. The movie is really all about ideas." (RogerEbert.com)