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The unexpected presence of an additional person
on a damaged space ship, already pushed to its capacity with a
three-member crew, forces the trio to make tough choices in
order to survive.
Set entirely in a cramped space ship and asking the question of
what we are willing to sacrifice for the well-being of others,
"Stowaway" is likely to strike a chord with audiences who have
endured COVID-19 lockdowns, said Kim.
"I hope that people can connect to this movie because they'll
understand what it's like to be in close quarters and have to
make these life and death decisions in the shadow of a
pandemic," he told Reuters.
"Stowaway" is the second feature film from "Arctic" director Joe
Penna, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
The 33-year-old Brazilian said he wanted to take a classic
"lifeboat scenario" - what do you do when there are not enough
resources to save everybody - and set it in space.
Penna consulted astronauts and borrowed museum items that had
been flown to space for his set. His research for the movie
revealed a fragility in space travel he said he wanted to
portray in the film.
"What I was most surprised about was how much of space is just
like 'uhmmm... maybe this will work'," he said.
"It's space, they literally use either neurosurgery or rocket
science as, like, the most difficult thing and the most, I
suppose, precise thing in the world.
"But you start seeing stories about how they fix things ...
there was a leak in the space station ... and they figured it
out where it was with a tea-bag. You start realising the reason
why is because every single gram counts when you're going up in
space."
"Stowaway" is released globally on Netflix on Thursday.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala, writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian,
editing by Estelle Shirbon)
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