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.
[2] The film is based on Lepage's eponymous play, which premiered in 2000.
[3] 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).
[4] 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.
[9] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews".