Director
Shelagh McLeod
Starring
Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Colm Feore, Krista Bridges
Run Time
90 mins
Release Year
2018
Country of Origin
Canada
Language
English
Director of Photography: Scott McClellan
Editor: Tiffany Beaudin
Produced by: Jessica Adams, Sean Buckley
Music: Virginia Kilbertus
Screenplay by: Shelagh McLeod
Production Designer: Helen Kotsonis
Astronaut
Richard Dreyfuss is excellent in this moving and enthralling new drama from writer-director Shelagh McLeod. Dreyfuss stars as Angus, a lonely widower whose long-held dream of becoming an astronaut is reignited when a nationwide competition is announced to win a trip to space with an independent space agency. Angus struggles against prejudice towards his age and increasing ill health, and with the help of his dysfunctional family his dream gets closer and closer to becoming reality. [12A]
Astronaut is nominated for the 2019 EIFF Audience Award.