Denis Lavant

An enchanting debut from French duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, this magic realist fable is a eulogy to the places we call home and an ode to the power of imagination. A coming-of-age gem bursting with wide-eyed, celestial wonder, Gagarine has its feet on the ground but its heart in the stars.

Starring Jeff Goldblum, Udo Kier and Denis Lavant, Rick Alverson’s masterfully crafted period drama unearths the murky origins of a controversial procedure for mental illness. A still, unnerving miasma pervades this daring vision of ’50s America—rendered in meticulous, glacial set pieces.