Synopsis
This film without commentary, composed mostly of archival footage, offers a discussion on the meaning of the conquest of space by man and our modern means of transportation, allowing us to question the meaning of the human endeavor more widely.
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The space conquest, an attempt to elevate mankind and the dream of Icarus, an obsession with going further and higher. Pelechian transforms this epic into a new visual and musical symphony from which we emerge in a daze, like the cosmonaut returning from his journey in zero gravity. His cinema unfolds this historical fresco in waves and thrusts, repetitions and scansions. The lyricism does not exclude a certain derision and the tensions rising to a climax are always threatened by the risk of chaos, another recurring motif in his cinema.
Pascale Paulat et Christophe Postic
Artistic Co-Directors
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