© The documentary film “A Life Beyond Earth” (ALBE) by Elisa Fuksas & Tommaso Fagioli, 2017
© The documentary film “A Life Beyond Earth” (ALBE) by Elisa Fuksas & Tommaso Fagioli, 2017

“Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. And it’s equally terrifying.” – Arthur C. Clarke

THE CONCEPT

The documentary film A Life Beyond Earth (ALBE) comes from the passion for the outer space and the irreducible tension towards it summarized by the question: “Are we alone in the Universe?” Space as a boundless, mysterious, obscure place – perhaps inhabited by other forms of intelligent life – where very “terrestrial themes” can be re-launched on a cosmic scale.

Arthur Clarke, the British science fiction writer, and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, once said: “Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering.”

ALBE starts from this observation and shows the particular interpretation of it by eight characters – direct and indirect protagonists of exceptional events that have changed their lives. The stories of “aliens”, “sightings”, “contacts” and “abductions” offer the opportunity to face essential human issues related to the construction of identity and our relationship with the world and the Otherness. That extraterrestrials exist or not it is irrelevant to the story. What really matters is the possibility that these “Other” offer us: a radical change of perspective on the world in which – for now – we live.

THE STORY

Eight characters from Rome and surroundings are preparing for an undelayable appointment: a skywatching that will see them gathered together to watch the sky and salute our cosmic siblings. An event that will change their earthly lives for ever. Find out more about the Project and support the ALBE Team to realise the THE FINAL SCENE 

Scene from the documentary film “A Life Beyond Earth” (ALBE) by authors Elisa Fuksas & Tommaso Fagioli, 2017
Scene from the documentary film “A Life Beyond Earth” (ALBE) by Elisa Fuksas & Tommaso Fagioli, 2017

Source: INDIEGOGO – A LIFE BEYOND EARTH