A Jewish filmmaker literally flees to the moon rather than face Germany's racism. No, seriously.
An aspiring documentary filmmaker named Simon Rosenthal tries to get some attention for his film about skinheads versus Turkish immigrants. However, as a Jewish man in today's Germany, his fears for the future prompt him to move to the moon.
Direction
Levy's chaotic energy crams a feature's worth of ideas into 20 minutes.
Writing
The moon as metaphor? Unsubtle, unforgettable, utterly earned.
Director
Dani Levy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Germany's 1993 asylum debate, when neo-Nazi violence surged and politicians debated tightening immigration laws. Levy's lunar escape felt dangerously plausible to contemporary audiences.
Dani Levy and Maria Schrader were real-life partners; this was their second collaboration. The cramped spaceship set was built in Levy's actual apartment.
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