Far Side of the Moon (film)

Far Side of the Moon (French: La Face cachée de la lune) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Lepage and released in 2003. The film is based on Lepage's eponymous play, which premiered in 2000.

For lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, see Far side of the Moon. For other uses, see Dark Side of the Moon (disambiguation).
Far Side of the Moon
Directed byRobert Lepage
Written byRobert Lepage
Produced byBob Krupinski
Mario St-Laurent
StarringRobert Lepage
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Marco Poulin
Céline Bonnier
Lorraine Côté
CinematographyRonald Plante
Edited byPhilippe Gagnon
Music byBenoît Jutras
Distributed byAlliance Atlantis
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
105 mins
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Set in the context of the USSR-United States Space Race of the 1960s, the film centres on two brothers, both played by Lepage, who are struggling to cope with the recent death by suicide of their mother (Anne-Marie Cadieux). Philippe, the older brother, is a doctoral student in astronomy who buries his feelings in his academic pursuits, while André, the younger brother, is a gay television weatherman who has always had a happier and easier path through life but finds himself struggling.

The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 24th Genie Awards in 2004: Best Picture (Bob Krupinski and Mario St-Laurent), Best Director (Lepage), Best Actor (Lepage) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lepage). Lepage won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The film was Canada's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the 77th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

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