Stars by the Pound
(100 kilos d'étoiles)
Year: 2019
Country:
FRANCE
Language:
French
Run Time:
88 minutes
Lois has her sights set high: she wants to go to outer space, and she’ll do anything to get there. While she’s certainly intelligent enough, she doesn’t have the stereotypical “athletic” body of an astronaut, as her family, teachers, and the mirror keep reminding her. In preparation for the annual CNES (France’s equivalent to NASA) competition—for which the first prize is a trip on a zero-gravity flight—Lois decides to stop eating entirely. After she passes out in a pool, Lois’s parents send her to a rehab center, where she is given a feeding tube. But Lois’s desire to experience weightlessness does not subside. Along with a ragtag group of troubled teens, Lois runs away to enter the competition as the only all-female group of contestants. Still, if they are going to have any chance at winning, Lois must confront her emotional issues first. A heartwarming comedy about self-acceptance, writer-director Marie-Sophie Chambon’s STARS BY THE POUND is sure to uplift. (In French with subtitles) — E.B.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Sidebar
Women of the World
Competitions
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
International Narrative Competition
Director
Marie-Sophie Chambon
Producers
Diane Jassem, Céline Chapdaniel
Screenwriting
Marie-Sophie Chambon, Anaïs Carpita
Cinematography
Yann Maritaud
Editing
Julie Dupré
Principal Cast
Laure Duchêne, Angèle Metzger, Pauline Serieys, Zoé de Tarlé, Philippe Rebbot, Isabelle De Hertogh
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