Far Side Of The Moon

Quebecois filmmaker Robert Lepage explores inner and outer space through the fractious relationship between estranged brothers Andre and Philippe. Philippe (Lepage), the elder, is still living the life of a poor university student; he's about to defend his thesis, which dissects the narcissistic impulse behind the U.S.-Soviet space race, for the second time and has a dead-end job selling newspaper subscriptions by phone. He's lived his entire adult life in the shabby apartment where he grew up, caring for his increasingly disabled mother (Anne-Marie Cadieux) until she entered a nursing home. Still shaken by her recent death, Philippe wants Andre (also Lepage) — ...