Claire Tran

High Life is an upcoming sci-fi adventure drama film written directed by Claire Denis. It is Denis' first English language film. Apart from Denis, her long-time collaborator Jean-Pol Fargeau and novelist Nick Laird co-wrote the screenplay for the film. Additionally Laird's wife Zadie Smith polished the script. The film stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth in lead roles. The film focuses on a group of criminals who are tricked into believing they will be freed if they participate in a mission to travel on a spaceship towards a black hole to find an alternate energy source while being sexually experimented on by the scientists on board. French physicist and black hole expert Aurélien Barrau has been part of the project as a scientific expert. Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has designed the spacecraft for the film and it is his first cinematic experience.