Far Side of the Moon (2003)

Original title

La face cachée de la lune

Directed by

Robert Lepage

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers deal with their mother's death in different ways. One buries himself in his astronomy studies while the other struggles with his career and identity against the backdrop of the space race.

melancholicintrospectiveslow-burncerebraldreamlikebittersweetcontemplativevisually lush

What happens

Far Side of the Moon (French: La Face cachée de la lune) is a 2003 Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Lepage. It is based on Lepage's eponymous play, which premiered in 2000. Set in the context of the USSR-United States Space Race of the 1960s, the film centres on two brothers, both played by Lepage, who are struggling to cope with the recent death by suicide of their mother (Anne-Marie Cadieux). Philippe, the older brother, is a doctoral student in astronomy who buries his feelings in his academic pursuits, while André, the younger brother, is a gay television weatherman who has always had a happier and easier path through life but finds himself struggling. The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004: Best Picture (Bob Krupinski and Mario St-Laurent), Best Director (Lepage), Best Actor (Lepage) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lepage). Lepage won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was Canada's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the 77th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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