Space Tourists (2009)

Directed by

Christian Frei

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a wealthy space tourist and the people who make his trip possible. It contrasts the high-tech world of space travel with the lives of those who salvage rocket parts on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

contemplativeobservationalgroundedcuriousave-inspiringintimateslow-paced

What happens

Space Tourists is a feature-length documentary of the Swiss director Christian Frei. The film had its premiere at the Zurich Film Festival in 2009 and has won the "World Cinema Directing Award" at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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