Trailer
Plot summary
In 1967, Stas and Andrei, two young friends, arrive at Star City, the new training ground near Moscow for the first cosmonauts, while the race to beat the Americans into space is under way. They meet Yulia, a communications technician, and the bond among the three borders on love without being realized. In 1975, Stas is the first Russian cosmonaut to reach the Moon, and he cannot make his way back.
Cast
- Tommaso De Santisas Giovanni Battista Judica-Cordiglia
- Steve Galacheas Sasha
- Guy Williamsas Kamanin
- Greg Blackfordas Nikolai
- Leonarda Kestere-Klavinaas Kamanin's wife
- Andis A. Blukisas Technician #5
- Hermans Egleskalnsas Technician #2
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Cosmonaut (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- A week before shooting, the co-producer withdrew, so the team launched an emergency appeal to its community: more than 600 people gave €131,000 in three days, beating all world crowdfunding records for such a short period, and the film was shot.
- Inspired by projects such as A Swarm of Angels and Artemis Eternal, The Cosmonaut became the first Spanish feature film to be financed through crowdfunding.
- The project's director and writer, Nicolás Alcalá, caused a PR backlash when he publicly mocked a job applicant's email, replying: "If you are a fishmonger, tell us, we have a job for you."
- The idea came from conversations between Nicolás Alcalá and Bruno Teixidor about conspiracies, Lost Cosmonauts theories and the Soviet space program, and from Henry Pierrot's poetry book Poetics for Cosmonauts, after which the script evolved into its current form.
