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Alien Grounds is a short film released in 2016 based on the music of the French rock group Mars Red Sky.

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Background

Alien Grounds is a short film written and directed by French film director Sebastien Antoine set to music from the Apex III album of the rock group Mars Red Sky. [1]

The film features actors Yan Tual, Victoria Cyr and Dan Bronchinson. The scenario takes place during the retro 1970s with an outer space theme set to the hypnotic music of Mars Red Sky. [2] [3]

Plot

The film begins with the main character Jack who is lost while driving and phones the mysterious Rebecca at her film-noir style bureau. As Jack describes a vision about a cosmonaut on a strange planet, his car nearly has a head-on collision. Much to his surprise, it is actually a spaceship that has landed on the road. A man in a spacesuit approaches Jack, and the encounter turns into something more than Jack ever imagined.

Cast

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References

  1. "Plutôt qu'un clip, Mars Red Sky nous ont carrément envoyé un court-métrage" (in French). Noisy Vice. October 19, 2016.
  2. Florian (October 19, 2016). "Alien Grounds" (in French). Heavy Report. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  3. Orlanth, Thomas (October 20, 2016). "Pourquoi se contenter d'un clip lorsqu'on peut faire directement un court-métrage ?" (in French). Grosse Rasio.[ permanent dead link ]