2024 · sci-fi · adventure · drama
Meanwhile on Earth
Directed by Jérémy Clapin1h 27m2024
Siblings Elsa and Franck used to be close, but everything changed when Franck’s space mission went awry. Three years have passed since his mysterious disappearance, and 23-year-old Elsa is having trouble moving on with her life. One day, an unidentified life form makes contact, offering to bring her big brother back to Earth. But there's a price to pay...
Our read: Meanwhile on Earth (2024) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal sci-fi · adventure · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / adventure, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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