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.
“A rich femme-centric counterweight to James Gray’s father-son space epic, ‘Ad Astra’ (…) Proxima pulls off an impressive balancing act between the personal and the astronomical” - The Hollywood Reporter “A significant, ambitious and entirely impressive film by a dazzling young French director in full command of her ship” – ScreendailyEnglish, French
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