MEANWHILE ON EARTH Trailer (2024) Megan Northam

MEANWHILE ON EARTH Trailer (2024) Megan Northam

MEANWHILE ON EARTH Trailer (2024) Megan Northam, Sci-Fi, Drama Movie
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"No one will ever know we are among you." Metrograph Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an indie sci-fi film titled Meanwhile on Earth, from French filmmaker Jérémy Clapin. This premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, and opens in art house theaters in the US starting in September this fall. Jérémy Clapin is the same director who made the excellent animated film I Lost My Body, which anyone can now watch on Netflix. In this new film, a young woman is contacted by her missing brother, an astronaut who vanished on a mission, but all is not what it seems in this sci-fi thriller. The intro from Berlinale: "Siblings Elsa & Franck were always very close. When Franck mysteriously disappeared during a space mission three years ago, everything changed for Elsa. Since then, the 23-year-old has struggled to move on with her life. One day she is contacted by an unidentified life form who offers to bring her brother back to Earth. But there is a price to pay..." Megan Northam stars as Elsa, with Catherine Salée, Sam Louwyck, Roman Williams, Sofia Lesaffre. My festival review is quoted in this trailer - it's a fascinating film to decipher if you're a sci-fi fan.

Here's the official US trailer (+ poster) for Jérémy Clapin's Meanwhile on Earth, direct from YouTube:

Meanwhile on Earth Poster

Elsa (Megan Northam, in her debut feature role), who, along with her family, is struggling following the disappearance of her brother Franck, an astronaut who vanished on his first mission. While stargazing one night, Elsa is shocked to receive contact from Franck, but her joy is short-lived when she learns of the dark and troubling forces behind Franck's reappearance, forcing her to confront the lengths she will go for the brother she once feared was gone forever. Meanwhile on Earth, also known as Pendant ce temps sur Terre in French, is written and directed by French filmmaker Jérémy Clapin, director of the animated film I Lost My Body and a few other short films previously. Produced by Marc Du Pontavice. This initially premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year (our review). Metrograph Pictures will release Clapin's Meanwhile on Earth in select US theaters starting on September 13th, 2024 this fall. Intrigued?

After directing the Oscar-nominated animated film “I Lost My Body,” Jérémy Clapin now finds himself making his first live-action feature.

Clapin writes and directs the drama “Meanwhile on Earth,” which stars newcomer Megan Northam as a girl who grieves her missing astronaut brother. However, all may not be as it seems.

The official synopsis reads: “Elsa (Northam), along with her family, is struggling following the disappearance of her brother Franck, an astronaut who vanished during his first mission. While stargazing one night, Elsa is shocked to receive contact from Franck, but her joy is short-lived when she learns of the dark and troubling forces behind Franck’s reappearance, forcing her to confront the lengths she will go for the brother she once feared was gone forever.”

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The film is produced by Marc du Pontavice and will be distributed by Metrograph Pictures. Rising outfit Metrograph is making a splash this year with acquisitions and as led by former A24 exec David Laub.

Clapin is also known for his two short films, “Skhizein” and “Palmipédarium,” both of which dealt with out-of-body and, at times, out-of-this-world experiences. “Meanwhile on Earth” isn’t Clapin’s first venture into the cosmos: The 2008 short “Skhizein” told the story of a man hit by a meteor whose body becomes invisible.

In 2012, Clapin directed “Palmipédarium,” which also received raves at festival screenings worldwide. The short centers on a sensitive young boy’s encounter with a strange-looking duck and a culture that emphasizes hunting as a typical rite of passage.

In 2019, Clapin debuted the French animated feature “I Lost My Body,” with voice work from Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat, and George Wendt in the English-language cast. The film was among IndieWire’s Best Movies of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, landing at number two in the Best First Film category.

The film was based on the novel “Happy Hand” by Academy Award nominee Guillaume Laurent (“Amélie”) and also produced by “Meanwhile on Earth” collaborator du Pontavice. “I Lost My Body” won Best Indie Feature at the Annie Awards in 2020. Clapin penned the script, which takes place in a Parisian laboratory where a severed hand escapes and sets out to reconnect with its body, who is in love with a librarian. The feature premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, with Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, and Patrick d’Assumçao voicing the original French roles. The film later debuted on Netflix before becoming a Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee.

“Meanwhile on Earth” premieres September 13 in theaters. Check out the trailer below.

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