Wednesday, April 15, 2020

High Life (2018)

A father and daughter lead their life in isolation in space while the father's memories play out without any particular chronological order.

A very different SciFi movie. I think it wanted itself to be an experiment that speculates what reality would be like if humanity with all its emotional features, the more or less extreme ones, would need to adapt to life in space, which is not something that was explored very often in films of this genre. Human weaknesses such as violence and passion and self-centeredness can only survive up to a certain point, the limit being the moment when they begin to have a sustained negative impact on the isolated community while hope and tenderness and regained innocence will thrive long after their disappearance.

Directed by: Claire Denis
Featuring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth

Rating: 9/10

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