Director
Olivier Pairoux
Composer
The Penelopes
Cast
Basile Grunberger, Albane Masson, Yannick Renier, Peter Van Den Begin
101'
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2021
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Adventure, Youth / Coming-Of-Age
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Dialogue:
French
A gifted 11-year-old boy secretly builds an air balloon with his friend Emma to prove his father everything in life is possible.
At only 11 years, Jim is a gifted boy passionate about space and science. Arriving in a new town with his dad, Jim has to participate in a young scientist competition with his new classmate Emma, a sensitive and discreet girl. Despite her reluctance, Jim convinces her to imitate Kittinger’s ‘Excelsior’ project (first man to reach the frontier of space in 1960) and to build secretly a real air balloon. This calling comes from his father, Graham, an astrophysicist who was meant to carry out a space mission very soon. Since Jim’s mother died, this project is very important to him. But when he discovers Graham has given up without telling him, his world falls apart. The competition turns into an obsession and Jim wants to prove unlike his father that he won’t give up. Jim pushes Emma to her limits and drags her into an adventure which is going to bring them closer.
Olivier Pairoux’ sci-fi family film enchants audiences of all ages. After his father abandons a space mission, Jim wants to fulfill his dream. Together with Emma - his partner for a school project - he builds a balloon. An eighties-inspired delight that is just as charming as it is thrilling.
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Credits
Directors
Olivier Pairoux
Composers
The Penelopes
Cast
Basile Grunberger, Albane Masson, Yannick Renier, Peter Van Den Begin
Scenario
Olivier Pairoux, Eusebio Larrea
Director of Photography
Thomas Rentier
Editors
Maarten Janssens
Producers
Annabella Nezri
Production studios
Kwassa Films
Distributor
Belga Films
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Dialogue
French
Countries of production
Belgium
Year
2021