History Film / Proxima

''Proxima'' is a 2019 French drama film directed by Alice Winocour, starring Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/MattDillon, Lars Eidinger, Aleksey Fateev and Sandra Hüller. Music/RyuichiSakamoto composed the soundtrack.

''Proxima'' is a 2019 French {{Drama}} film directed by Alice Winocour, starring Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/MattDillon, Lars Eidinger, Aleksey Fateev and Sandra Hüller. Music/RyuichiSakamoto composed the soundtrack.

A French astronaut named Sarah Loreau (Green) is chosen for a one-year long space mission onboard the [[SpaceStation International Space Station]] called Proxima, which is stated to be "the last mission before Mars". She tries to balance her training with her family life as mother to a dyslexic eight-year-old daughter, Stella (Zélie Boulant-Lemesle). Wendy (Hüller), a psychologist, helps to guide Sarah and Stella through the complexities of the situation while Stella's father and Sarah's ex-boyfriend Thomas (Eidinger) also does his best to take care of Stella in Sarah's absence.

* AdultFear: Stella gets bored of waiting for her mother during a briefing session about security in space where she was brought to and decides to go outside in the park, in the dark night. Sarah notices Stella's not there anymore and goes searching for her outside with an appropriately tense soundtrack. Then Mike finds Stella and they come back at Sarah.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mild case with Mike (Matt Dillon). He is slightly sexist towards Sarah initially, telling her she should really take less training schedules (she took as much -- if not more -- hours than her male colleagues) and joking that "French women are good at cooking". But overall, he's not a major jerk to her, we find out he's a ShellShockedVeteran, and he progressively warms up to Sarah, eventually invoking PerfectionIsImpossible to Sarah when she is at her lowest (after failing an underwater training and Stella ignoring her on the phone) and hugging her. Ultimately, he's [[NotSoDifferent as anxious to leave his family behind to go to space as she is]].

* {{Centrifug|al Farce}}e: Sarah trains in a centrifuge at one point. The machine goes up to 9 G before Sarah's Russian training officer orders to stop the machine. Sarah seems to be doing just fine upon getting out of it, but then she [[StressVomit throws up]] at her apartment.

* {{Fanservice}} / FanDisservice: Sarah is seen taking a shower to wash off a stain that got into her spacesuit. Given that she is played by Eva Green, some may view the scene as titillating while others may see it as a bit gross.

''Proxima'' is a 2019 French drama film directed by Alice Winocour, starring Creator/EvaGreen, Creator/MattDillon, Lars Eidinger, Aleksey Fateev and Sandra Hüller. Music/RyuichiSakamoto composed the soundtrack.

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and came out in France on November 27, 2019. It is set for release in the UK on April 17, 2020.

''Proxima'' is a 2019 French drama film directed by Alice Winocour, starring Creator/EvaGreen, Matt Dillon, Lars Eidinger, Aleksey Fateev and Sandra Hüller. Music/RyuichiSakamoto composed the soundtrack.

Previews: [[https://youtu.be/gGgF1U7b500 First Look]], [[https://youtu.be/XUvMU1VoYvo Trailer]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mild case with Mike (Matt Dillon). He is slightly sexist towards Sarah initially, telling her she should really take less training schedules (she took as much -- if not more -- hours than her male colleagues) and joking that "French women are good at cooking". But overall, he's not a major jerk to her, we find out he's a ShellShockedVeteran, and he progressively warms up to Sarah, eventually invoking PerfectionIsImpossible to Sarah when she is at her lowest (after failing an underwater training and Stella ignoring her on the phone) and hugging her. Ultimately, he's as anxious to leave his family behind to go to space as she is.

* {{Centrifug|al Farce}}e: Sarah trains in a centrifuge at one point. The machine goes up to 9 g before Sarah's Russian training officer orders to stop the machine. Sarah seems to be doing just fine upon getting out of it, but then she [[StressVomit throws up]] at her apartment.

* NauseaDissonance: Sarah seems to be doing just fine upon getting out of the centrifuge after a session that went up to 9 g, but then she vomits at her apartment.