Film - Proxima

First foray back into the cinema post-lockdown. I had planned to wait 2-3 weeks after they opened to give them time to get their new safety measures in place, however, they opened a month after the law allowed them so figured they’d have everything succeed. I could always walk out if I felt uncomfortable. There were so few people in the screening on a late Sat afternoon that there was plenty of room to around us. I was disappointed not to see staff popping in to check everyone is keeping their distance every now and again. To feel comfortable going on my own, I would need that to happen.

Mama, will you take me to see your rocket?

Proxima is a solid first film to see. A french Mother-daughter film about a female astronaut, Sarah prepping her youngster to live with her father for a year while she disappears for a year on a space mission. It’s set in the future where apparently there is no need for separate changing rooms. (This distracted me, why don’t they just have individual changing rooms anyway, what’s with the communal school set up?)

As we watch Sarah prepare for the mission we watch the youngster Stella adjust to living with her father. Understandably these are testing times for both and I have to suspend belief [SPOILER ALERT] when they miss a flight which means no last cuddles before Sara goes into quarantine and what follows as a result.

The momentum picks up before the end though and the closing credits are what I remember about this emotionally charged French flick.

7/10