High Life

A film by Claire Denis

“It’s hard to see anyone but the bewitching Binoche

as the complex physician who has the ship’s crew at her mercy.”

Hannah Woodhead – Little White Lies

“Claire Denis’ first English-language film is extraordinary,

difficult, hypnotic, and repulsive."

Jessica Kiang – Variety

“High Life is often uncomfortable

and frequently mind-blowing.”

Kevin Ritchie – NOW Toronto

Control Experiment

The echo of the color blue makes for an odd resonance in High Life, a film that, at least on the surface, is all about life.

Ela Bittencourt
Reverse Shot

"High Life" and the Idea
of “A Claire Denis Film”

The director’s new sci-fi confirms that popular notions about her style are useful but insufficient for describing such a diverse career.

Darren Hughes
MUBI

Why French Film Queen Juliette Binoche is having a moment

Some film stars play variations of themselves; others disappear into their roles. Somehow Juliette Binoche manages to do both

Anders Furze
Daily Review

Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his
infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation.

Radio silence.

Monte is a solitary man, whose strict self-discipline is a protection against desire – his own and that of others - Monte fathered this girl against his will. His sperm was used by Dr. Dibs (Juliette Binoche) to inseminate Boyse (Mia Goth), the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew composed of prisoners: space convicts, death row inmates. Guinea pigs sent on a mission to the black hole closest to Earth.

High Life marks Juliette Binoche's second film with Claire Denis as director following the internationally acclaimed Un beau soleil intérieur. The film premièred to critical acclaim at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.