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Tides (2021)

Tides poster
Directed by
Tim Fehlbaum
Genre
science fiction film, thriller film
Country
Germany, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 360 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A team of astronauts returns to Earth generations after the rich have fled to a space colony. They must find out if the planet is safe for human life again.

bleaktensesuspensefulslow-burnatmosphericunsettlingvisually starkthoughtful

What happens

Tides (also known as The Colony) is a 2021 English-language science fiction thriller film directed and written by Tim Fehlbaum. The film stars Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, and Joel Basman. Roland Emmerich is an Executive Producer on the film. Set in a future in which the Earth's elite leave the polluted planet to settle in a space colony on Kepler-209, it is about a team from Kepler who return to Earth several generations later to test whether it is suitable for human habitation. The film had its worldwide premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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