Meanwhile on Earth (3 Stars)

This is the fourth film in the Stuttgart Nights Festival.

Franck Martens was an astronaut who took part in a space mission. The space ship disappeared. No explosion, it simply disappeared. Three years later he's considered a hero. A statue has been erected to him in his home town. His younger sister Elsa sits gazing at the stars every night wondering if she'll ever see him again.

One night she hears his voice talking to her. He tells her that he's the only survivor of the mission, and he doesn't know where he is. Then she hears a second voice telling her that they (whoever they is) will return Franck to her if she does them a favour. Over the next three days she has to take five people to a place in the forest, either one at a time or in a group. If they stand at the right place, or even just walk over it, their bodies will be occupied by them. They promise it isn't an invasion, they just want to live on Earth.

This is a quiet dreamlike film. Questions of morality aren't directly discussed. Elsa just wants her brother back. I found the film too quiet for my tastes.