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The answers we seek are just outside our reach.

PG-13 2019 · 123 min · ★ 6.1 (7K) · Science Fiction, Drama

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

Directed by James Gray · Written by James Gray

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Brad Pitt Roy McBride
Tommy Lee Jones H. Clifford McBride
Liv Tyler Eve
Ruth Negga Helen Lantos
Donald Sutherland Thomas Pruitt
Kimberly Elise Lorraine Deavers
Loren Dean Donald Stanford
Donnie Keshawarz Captain Lawrence Tanner
Sean Blakemore Willie Levant
Bobby Nish Franklin Yoshida
LisaGay Hamilton Adjutant General Vogel
John Finn Brigadier General Stroud

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