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  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 38 m
Gagarine

Summary Youri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarine Cité, a vast red brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. From the heights of his apartment, he dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when plans to demolish his community’s home are leaked, Youri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save...

Directed By: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

Written By: Benjamin Charbit, Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 38 m

Gagarine

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.9
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Summary Youri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarine Cité, a vast red brick housing project on the outskirts of Paris. From the heights of his apartment, he dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when plans to demolish his community’s home are leaked, Youri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save...

Directed By: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

Written By: Benjamin Charbit, Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
74
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Mar 31, 2022
It’s a piece of urban history seen through the lens of magic realism, a fragile but beguiling fantasy, tethered now and then to gritty reality, about a do-gooder doing the best he can against daunting odds.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 1, 2021
Just as Youri fashions outsider art – or survivalist dreams – from his doomed banlieue, Liatard and Trouilh craft an imaginative debut feature from the rubble.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.9
57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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80
Sep 20, 2021
If the ending is signposted, Youri’s earthbound journey to the stars offers a stirring escape from an unjust reality. Like his Russian sorta-namesake, he’s a hero we can all get behind.
By Phil de Semlyen FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 1, 2022
Gagarine plays like a mournful lament for a community that banded together during hard times before being separated and scattered to the winds, leaving no trace of its communal existence behind.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 28, 2022
The filmmakers make just as much magic on the ground as some do in space.
By Pat Padua FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 9, 2021
Like its Russian hero, it aims for the stars and at times reaches exhilarating moments of weightlessness.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 31, 2022
Gagarine is more interesting conceptually than it is in execution, but at least the filmmakers know to exalt the setting’s spectral qualities, adding dreamy, hypnotic touches to their phantom portrait of a place that is no longer of this world.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Haut et Court, France 3 Cinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Indéfilms 8, Sofica Manon 10, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Totem Films
Release Date Apr 1, 2022
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Website https://cohenmedia.net/product/gagarine
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Athens International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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