A film by Christopher Nolan, blending science fiction and drama, where humanity searches for new hope among the stars. For 169 minutes, Nolan takes us on an emotional journey through black holes, time relativity, and an indestructible bond between a father and his daughter.
In the near future, Earth has become inhospitable. Dust storms ravage crops and humanity faces extinction.
Cooper, a former NASA pilot turned farmer, is recruited for a desperate mission: to cross a wormhole mysteriously appeared near Saturn
to explore potentially habitable planets in another galaxy.
Accompanied by a team of scientists, Cooper embarks on a journey beyond the stars, where one hour can equal several years on Earth.
The film explores themes of love, sacrifice, and human survival, while remaining faithful to the laws of physics.
Women in this film
In Interstellar, Dr. Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway) embodies a brilliant and determined scientist whose theories, initially ignored,
prove crucial for humanity's future.
Her journey illustrates the Matilda effect, a phenomenon where the contributions of female scientists are often underestimated or overlooked.
Through her, the film pays homage to these forgotten researchers, while exploring real notions of astrophysics, black holes, relativity
and time distortions echoing major discoveries about pulsars.
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The science behind Interstellar
Kip Thorne, theoretical physicist and winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics, played a crucial role in creating Interstellar.
He developed the equations that made it possible to visualize Gargantua, the film's supermassive black hole, with precision.
This visualization was so accurate that it led to the publication of two scientific papers.
The rendering of Gargantua realistically shows how an accretion disk would appear around a rotating black hole.
Gravitational lensing effects distort spacetime and make visible the part of the disk located behind the black hole.
Christopher Nolan insisted that science be respected as much as possible, making Interstellar a science fiction film very close to
current scientific models. This approach also makes it possible to explain complex concepts to the general public.
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