Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She lives alone with Stella, her seven-year-old daughter. When Sarah is chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called ‘Proxima’, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.

A film about interplanetary travel that keeps its feet firmly on the ground, Alice Winocour’s astronaut drama boasts a sensational lead in Eva Green. Shot in real cosmonaut training facilities, Proxima maps the heart-wrenching tensions between the lure of the unknown and the emotional pull of home.