Jupiter's Moon

Jupiter's Moon

2017 · 129 min · HU · 5.5 (101 votes)
Dir. Kornél Mundruczó · Starring Merab Ninidze, György Cserhalmi, Mónika Balsai, Zsombor Jéger, Majd Asmi, Zsombor Barna · Music Jed Kurzel
Science Fiction

A young refugee, Aryan, is shot while illegally trying to cross the Hungarian border. While tending him back to health, a doctor at a refugee camp discovers that Aryan has gained an extraordinary talent—he can levitate. Aryan is smuggled out by the doctor, who is intent on exploiting his secret.

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This film feels like a quiet desperation, a fragile hope blooming in the face of harsh realities. It's a grounded, humanistic sci-fi that lingers, exploring the weight of survival and the moral compromises made when extraordinary gifts meet ordinary struggles.

unsettlinghopefultensemelancholicsteadygritty realismsocial commentarycharacter-drivenhopeexploitationhumanitysurvival
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