In exchange for a full pardon, Niels (Jauris Casanova) joins a group of scientists on a trip to a black hole 50 light years from earth.
After a full day of shooting and trying to avoid the green screens as much as possible, Nicolas Bazz, as director this time, realized the risk of doing a claustrophobic movie.
Usually visual cues such as ping pong or tennis balls are used to focus the actor’ eyes on their virtual partners.
It takes a lot of discipline and imagination from the actors and absolute accuracy in the direction to pull off.
To maintain control over sets and vistas, he asked the VFX supervisor to create a director-friendly interface dubbed “The Universe Engine”.
A year later during a public screening, an audience member from the Paris Observatory walked up to the filmmakers during the post-movie debate.
He revealed that he and his team had just found out the actual reason for quasar alignment: Dark Matter threads that shape the Universe.