THE AERONAUTS

By Tom HARPER

BIR FILM - as DISTR Theatrical, TURKEY

Drama - Completed 2018


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Gala Presentations
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 101 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tom HARPER
    • Synopsis
    • London, 1862. Spectators gather excitedly at the balloon launch site while meteorologist James Glaisher (Redmayne) anxiously waits for pilot Amelia Wren (Jones) to make what proves to be a flamboyant entrance. A young man of science desperate to be taken seriously, Glaisher has little patience for Wren's theatrics, while Wren understands that showmanship attracts funding. Their flight will serve the dual purpose of breaking the French record for altitude and helping Glaisher collect data to forward his controversial theories of weather prediction. As the duo get higher, the air gets thinner and colder, and difficult decisions must be made that could mean the difference between life and death.