Gagarine: Einmal schwerelos und zurück

Between prefabricated housing and orbit: The story about a young space fan from the banlieue is an expedition into the imagination - poetic, playful and full of fantasy.

Yuri has spent his entire life in the Cité Gagarine, a 1960s high-rise complex on the outskirts of Paris. Like the namesake of the social housing estate, Yuri dreams of one day taking off into space and escaping the dreariness. But when plans are announced to demolish the neighbourhood, he joins the resistance. Together with his friend Houssam and his neighbour Diana, he sets out to save Gagarine - and transforms his flat into a space station.