Interstellar

Anyone who has ever held a matryoshka in their hands, i.e. one of those Russian dolls in which there is always another one, knows how Nolan's cinema works. You can still rack your brain.

On Reddit's list of the director's most incomprehensible films, "Interstellar" occupies a solid middle place. It bursts with technical and philosophical ambition. When it premiered in 2014, it left many critics baffled, which didn't diminish audiences' curiosity. Its patience to engage with nearly three hours of running time was as enormous as its willingness to marvel. Nolan's first true science fiction film became one of his biggest box office hits.

After all, it is also about the fate of mankind. In an indeterminate future, mankind can no longer afford space travel - NASA practically no longer exists - and is fully occupied with meeting the demand for food. A kind of Morse code from the future calls the former astronaut Cooper (Michael McConaughey) back into active service, because in a wormhole in a distant galaxy could be the solution that ensures the continuation of civilization. The mysteries of quantum physics and gravity are half as intimidating when Michael Caine explains them.