This screening is part of Filmfest Aachen 2025

U are the Universe

Ukraine, 2024, 101 min, Pavlo Ostrikov, Ukrainian
Original version with english subtitles

In the aftermath of Russia's 2022 invasion, Ukrainian cinema has largely turned toward war and politics. U Are the Universe, however, offers a rare and refreshing detour. Pavlo Ostrikov's sci-fi comedy imagines a post-apocalyptic future where Earth has exploded, leaving working-class nuclear waste trucker Andriy seemingly the last human alive, until a message arrives from Catherine, a French scientist aboard a distant space station.

After Russia's invasion in 2022, Ukrainian cinema has largely turned to war and politics. U Are the Universe, however, offers a rare and refreshing departure from this. Pavlo Ostrikov's sci-fi comedy sketches a post-apocalyptic future in which the Earth has exploded and laborer Andriy, a nuclear waste trucker, is seemingly the last man alive - until a message arrives from Catherine, a French scientist on a distant space station.

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