Synopsis
A young refugee, Aryan, is shot while illegally trying to cross the Hungarian border. While tending him back to health, a doctor at a refugee camp discovers that Aryan has gained an extraordinary talent—he can levitate. Aryan is smuggled out by the doctor, who is intent on exploiting his secret.
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Cast
- Merab NinidzeGabor Stern
- György CserhalmiLászló
- Mónika Balsai
- Zsombor JégerAryan Dashni
- Majd AsmiRefugee
- Zsombor BarnaCouple at Party
- Szabolcs Bede-FazekasPoliceman
- Ákos BirkásGyörgy
- Mátyás BodorKid in the hospital
- Soma BoronkayGyörgy's servant
Recommendations
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The Film Stage
The juxtaposition of supernatural thriller tropes and urgent socio-political issues in Kornél Mundruczó’s latest movie — an original take on the superhero origin story set to the backdrop of the refugee crisis — might prove a delicate one for some viewers to take. Those unperturbed, however, should find much to relish in Jupiter’s Moon. - 60
CineVue
Jupiter's Moon is a highly ambitious and thoroughly entertaining trip and if the politics is more backdrop than subtext, what remains is compelling and occasionally beautiful enough for you to enjoy the flight. - 60
The Guardian
It is a very odd, singular piece of work: not the visionary masterpiece it assumes itself to be and muddled in its effects and ideas. But certainly bold. It loses altitude yet never becomes earthbound. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
A film with some real stunning visual highlights but a narrative throughline that feels patchy and unbalanced. - 60
Screen Daily
An ambitious, thematically overstuffed drama that’s both a crackling action-thriller and a ponderous political commentary. - 60
The Telegraph
It is an outrageously ambitious and intermittently staggering piece of work, though it completely lacks the kind of discipline or focus that might have made its themes or images really stick. - 60
Total Film
The sheer volume of potential readings eventually stalls on reductive soundbites about a faithless generation, but the set-pieces sizzle with style. - 58
IndieWire
Jupiter’s Moon is no simple story of escape, in part because Mundruczó’s script (co-written with Kata Wéber) has no real idea where it’s going.
