Filled with imaginative, vibrant visuals and an (inter) stellar lead performance, despite some flourishes that miss their landing, Gagarine’s voyage is one well worth joining.
Gagarine
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France · 2020
1h 35m
Director Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Starring Alséni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield
Genre Drama, Science Fiction
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Outside of Paris, Youri, a sixteen-year-old boy, lives in Cité Gagarine, a housing project that will be torn down. As he has always dreamed of becoming an astronaut, Youri attempts to save his home by turning it into a spaceship.
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The filmmakers excel at crafting delightful musical montages to capture the sense of escapism Yuri finds in his newfound support system, but it’s clear that these circumstances provide only a temporary fix.
Screen Daily by Jonathan Romney
Gagarine’s increasingly wayward trajectory demands of its audience not just a leap of faith but a vault into the stratosphere, and its tone of naïve romanticism could rankle with more jaded viewers. Still, conviction and chutzpah, plus often dazzling execution, will chime with younger adult audiences.
If the ending is signposted, Youri’s earthbound journey to the stars offers a stirring escape from an unjust reality. Like his Russian sorta-namesake, he’s a hero we can all get behind.
Just as Youri fashions outsider art – or survivalist dreams – from his doomed banlieue, Liatard and Trouilh craft an imaginative debut feature from the rubble.
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