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High Life

Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 9:15pm to 11:08pm

Willard Straight Theatre
Central Campus

The acclaimed French director Claire Denis (Let the Sunshine In, Beau Travail) goes sci-fi in her first English-language feature. "High Life is as weird and wonderful a film as Claire Denis has made in years, and while it is indeed a dystopian space tale, its core is the messy human stuff that Denis has always been so good at examining: the relationship between a father and his infant daughter, the complicated allegiances formed by sexual attraction, the taboos that make us human. Pattinson stars as Monte, a galactic vagabond floating in a space ship alone with his daughter, years after he and several death row inmates were allowed to save their lives by agreeing to embark on a one-way exploratory mission into a distant galaxy.... Aided by stunning production design by leading visual artist Olafur Eliasson, Denis creates a mood that is both ominous and surprisingly tender, proving once again that her trademark is the unexpected." (Tournees Film Festival)"Denis bends science fiction to her will... At a time when the Earth itself seems to be hurtling toward doom, the presence of genuine wonder and new life in the film carries a sliver of optimism. In the face of the void, in the farthest reaches of outer space, humanity persists." (The Verge)website: a24films.com/films/high-life

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Event Type

Film

Departments

Cornell Cinema

Tags

film, movie, cinema, tfdcin, Movies, perfhum

Website

http://cinema.cornell.edu/high-life

Cost

All Access Pass: $0 or Tickets: $7/students, $5.50/grads, $7.50/seniors, $9.50/general

Group
Cornell Cinema
Contact E-Mail

taa39@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Teresa Alvis

Contact Phone

607-255-3522

Open To

Public

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