THE ASTRONAUT
Category: Long Feature
Production year: 2021
Country: France
Genre(s): Dramedy
Director(s): Nicolas Giraud
Cast: Nicolas Giraud, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hélène Vincent, Bruno Lochet, Hippolyte Girardot
Scriptwriter(s): Nicolas Giraud et Stéphane Cabel
Production company: Nord-Ouest Films
French Distributor: Orange Studio Distribution
International sales: Orange Studio
Video edition: Orange Studio
TV/SVOD sales: Orange Studio
Synopsis
An aeronautical engineer, Jim, has always dreamed of becoming an astronaut but failed at the European Space Agency recruitment competition. Unable to give up, he has been devoting himself for years to a secret and unusual project : building its own rocket and accomplish the first manned space flight as an amateur.
But to achieve his dream, he will have to learn to share it…