| Cosmonaut | |
| Music: | Max Casacci |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian Russian |
Cosmonaut (Italian: Cosmonauta) is a 2009 Italian coming-of-age film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.[1] It won the Controcampo Italiano at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.[2] It also won the Ciak d'oro for best first work.[3]
Cosmonaut follows a young girl named Luciana, who struggles to have her voice heard in a youth communist group dominated by men. She comes up with the platform to mobilize communism in her town by bringing recognition to the Soviet's progress in the space race. As a strong and stubborn female character, she struggles to balance new relationships and her role as her epileptic brother's supervisor.