Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous | |
Director: | Mélanie Charbonneau |
Producer: | Virginie Nolin |
Starring: | Frédéric Lemay Noémie O'Farrell |
Music: | Antoine Rochette |
Cinematography: | Ariel Méthot-Bellemare |
Editing: | Simon Sauvé |
Studio: | Hutte Films |
Runtime: | 15 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous is a Canadian short film, directed by Mélanie Charbonneau and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Frédéric Lemay and Noémie O'Farrell as Daniel and Claude, a man and a woman who set off on a road trip, with Daniel dressed as an astronaut and Claude dressed as a tampon, in the hopes of reaching the moon, with Daniel hoping to scatter his late mother's ashes and Claude hoping that being on the moon will stabilize her menstrual cycle.[2]
The film premiered at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2018 Festival du nouveau cinéma.[1]
The film was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.[4]