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On the Silver Globe

1989Movie2 h 45 min

Drama
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic727.6Rotten Tomatoes100%76%
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.1Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic727.6Rotten Tomatoes100%76%

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A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

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