High Life
A group of criminals on death row is
dispatched on a spaceship to carry out
experiments near a black hole. However,
after much of the crew, led by doctor Dibs
(Juliette Binoche) vanishes, father Monte
(Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter
are left to fend for themselves as the ship
hurtles towards the black hole.FIVE FACTS:
- Early in the film’s development, novelists
and married couple Nick Laird and Zadie
Smith helped director Claire Denis to write
the screenplay, but creative disagreements
arose between Denis and Smith. - As a result, Laird and Smith left the project
as screenwriters, although Laird was later
the script’s consultant. - Actors considered for the lead role
during the film’s early stages of
development included Vincent Gallo and
Philip Seymour Hoffman. - After casting Pattinson as the lead, Denis
praised him as “very enigmatic, with a
powerful presence. He gives off an aura that
immediately makes you want to film him.” - The rapper André 3000, whose real, off-
stage name is André Lauren Benjamin, also
appears in the film as the character Tcherny.
by Claire Denis
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2019
Price: $9.99
10 Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes
83 %