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Moon Man (2022)

Moon Man poster
Original title
独行月球
Directed by
Chiyu Zhang
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
12
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 111 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A taikonaut gets stranded on the moon after an asteroid hits Earth. He believes he is the last person alive and tries to survive on the lunar surface.

lonelycomedicsurreallightheartedwrysurvivalwhimsicalisolated

What happens

Moon Man (Chinese: 独行月球) is a 2022 Chinese science fiction comedy film co-written and directed by Zhang Chiyu, and starring Shen Teng and Ma Li. The film is an adaptation of South Korean illustrator Cho Seok's webcomic series Moon You. It tells the story of "the last human in the universe" as a taikonaut finds himself stranded on the Moon after an asteroid seems to wipe out life on Earth. The film premiered in China on 29 July 2022 and grossed over $460 million worldwide. Released in South Korea on January 11, 2023. Three days after the film was released, the box office exceeded 1 billion yuan, becoming the 98th billion-yuan film in Chinese film history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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