LIFF 2020: Cargo

India 2019
Dir Arati Kadav
With Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav
113min
English subtitles

Prahastha, a lonely astronaut, works on a spaceship orbiting earth for Post Death Transition Services, a pioneering company that stores, transitions and recycles dead people for rebirth. The mundanity of his life is thrown into chaos after a young female astronaut joins the ship as his assistant. Set in a peculiar world with its own charming mythology, Cargo is a stunning fantasy parable about death and what follows.

Tickets will go on sale 24 August, direct through the BFI Southbank website.