French master filmmaker Claire Denis' rich, psychological take on the sci-fi genre tells the story of a father (Robert Pattinson) and his daughter as they struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
"High Life is an accomplished, masterful work by one of contemporary cinema's most vital visionaries, where questions of ritual and taboo are brought to life in a way quite unlike anywhere else in cinema history." - Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, AWFJ Women on Film
"Denis mines the genre for a deeply sensorial and moving portrait of the misery and horror parents are willing and perhaps responsible to endure so their children might not have to. A+" - Josh Lewis, The Film Stage
"A pensive and profound study of human life on the brink of the apocalypse." - David Ehrlich, indieWire
"The ending of High Life arrives almost too suddenly, but that's only incentive to seek out a second, third and fourth viewing as soon as humanly possible.But if immediate assessment is necessary, then High Life looks to be on the right side of a masterpiece. 4/4*" - Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
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