Writer/director Jérémy Clapin has a knack for finding the extraordinary within the ordinary, while showcasing his feelings through bizarre metaphors. For proof of his insanely unique eye for cinematic storytelling, look no further than his 2019 animated film, I Lost My Body, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film that year, an impressive feat given that the story centers around a conscious, disembodied hand as it traverses Paris to find its previous "owner." His latest work, Meanwhile on Earth, may be live action, but its existential conversation and mind-blowing visual storytelling have never been more present. The film centers around a mourning woman who begins to receive messages from her brother, an astronaut who she believed was deceased after he disappeared during his first mission. Every color of the rainbow aids Clapin in presenting a story about love, loss, and the costs of hope. Opens November 8.
