Gagarine (2020)

Directed by

Jerémy Trouilh, Fanny Liatard

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy fights to save his housing project from demolition. He dreams of becoming an astronaut as he prepares for the end of his home.

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What happens

Gagarine, also known as Gagarin, is a 2020 French drama film directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, in their feature directorial debut. It centres around Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the south of Paris, where the film was shot right before its demolition. The film was selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for the European Discovery at the 33rd European Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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