Astronaut Franck disappeared on an international mission, swallowed up by the universe. On Earth, all that’s left of him is a statue on a roundabout – in France still considered as one of the highest honors – in his sleepy hometown. Everyone has moved on with their lives. Everyone, except Elisa, a graphic novel artist and Franck’s little sister. She’s going through the earthly motions, but her eyes, mind and heart always turn skywards. There, far away, still lingers a sparkle of hope, even though her entourage thinks it’s pointless. Until one night, she hears Franck’s voice, begging her for help… He points her towards a gooey seed she has to put in her ear and suddenly a different, altogether more frightening voice enters her head. You have three days, the voice says, to bring us five humans we can use as hosts. If you succeed, we’ll let your brother return home…

Who would have thought that after his highly acclaimed animation film I LOST MY BODY – two Césars, one Oscar nomination, first prize at Semaine de la Critique at Cannes and, most importantly, a triumphant run at Anima 2020 – Jérémy Clapin would turn to live-action sci-fi in the vein of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS for his follow-up? Though, to be fair, he didn’t completely abandon animation, as there are three different moments where we switch to gorgeous black-and-white anime scenes to depict the ways artist Elsa copes with the loss of her brother. Now that we think of it, “loss” may just be the thread that binds his two films together. And we gladly get lost with him in his universe…