HIGH LIFE

By Claire DENIS

SUB-TI LTD - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2016

Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018
Gala Presentations
San Sebastian FF 2018
Official selection
Busan IFF 2018
World Cinema
Film Fest Gent 2018
Feature Films Prix George Delerue de la Meilleure Musique
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, Science-fiction, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Claire DENIS
    • Writer(s)
    • Claire DENIS
    • Synopsis
    • Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A solitary man, whose strict self-discipline is a protection against desire – his own and that of others - Monte fathered the girl against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate Boyse, the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew of prisoners: space convicts, death row inmates. Guinea pigs sent on a mission to the black hole closest to Earth. Now only Monte and Willow remain. And Monte is changed. Through his daughter, for the first time, he experiences the birth of an all-powerful love. Willow grows, becoming a young girl, then a young woman. Together, alone, father and daughter approach their destination – the black hole in which all time and space cease to exist.