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‘The Astronaut’ Review: Kate Mara’s Close Encounters Come Back To Haunt In Modest Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller – SXSW
A review of 'The Astronaut' premiering at SXSW, a sci-fi film about an astronaut played by Kate Mara whose troubled return begins to haunt her.
Nevertheless, she is happy to be back and to see her husband Mark (Gabriel Luna) and daughter Izzy (Scarlett Holmes) again, as well as her father, Gen. William Harris ( Laurence Fishburne), who is also overseeing her return. For the first half of the rather short film (it really is about 80 minutes, with another 10 or so of endless credits) this plays more like a psychological thriller as Mara is left alone in the large house, and also given a tour of its elaborate underground facility where she can venture in case of emergency to be locked away from outside forces of any kind. Title: The Astronaut Festival: SXSW (Narrative Spotlight) Director-screenwriter: Jess Varley Cast: Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, Macy Gray, Scarlett Holmes Sales agent: UTA Running time: 1 hr 30 mins
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