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In the near future, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down an infamous hacker.

In Mars Express we find ourselves on Mars after Earth is destroyed. We follow private detective Aline Ruby and her partner Carlos Rivera, an android reconstruction of her deceased partner. Together, they investigate a group of hackers working to free robots and cyborgs living under strict human control. What begins as a simple case puts Aline and Carlos in a crossfire with potentially fatal consequences for both humanity and artificially intelligent beings.

«"Mars Express" works because even its most outlandish and complex sci-fi concept is grounded in human drama …»
– Rafael Motamayor, Slashfilm –


This film is supported by Institut français de Norvège.

Johanne Svendsen Rognlien

Director

Jérémie Périn (b. 1977) is a French director and scriptwriter of animated films, known for the music videos Truckers Delight and Fantasy, and as the director of the animated series Lastman. The animated film Mars Express is his first feature film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.

This film is part of

Festival Favorites

Country France

Year 2023

Director Jérémie Périn

Screenplay Jérémie Périn, Laurent Sarfati

Producer Didier Creste

Cast Léa Drucker, Mathieu Amalric, Daniel Njo Lobé

Production Company Everybody on the Deck

Runtime 1h 25m

Language French

Subtitles English

Genre Animation, Science Fiction

Format DCP

Age limit 12

Links IMDb

This film is in competition for the Audience Award.

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