Eva Green trains to be an astronaut in the Proxima trailer

Image Courtesy of TIFF

Sarah (Eva Green) 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 be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called ‘Proxima’, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.

Directed by Alice Winocour, the film stars Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Lars Eidinger, and Sandra Huller.

Hillary saw the film at this year’s TIFF and said, “it’s a powerful film that celebrates women and their accomplishments.” You can read her full review here.

Proxima opens in France on 27th November 2019.