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Stars by the Pound {NY Premiere}

Lehman Auditorium

  • Director: Marie-Sophie Chambon
  • Writer: Marie-Sophie Chambon and Anaïs Carpita
  • Type: Features
  • Year: 2020
  • Language: French
  • Length: 88 minutes
  • Screening: Feb 29 03:00 PM

In this heart-warming story of friendship, acceptance, and the importance of loving yourself, Lois, 16, dreams of becoming an astronaut. Although gifted in physics, she has a big problem: she weighs over 200 pounds. When all seems lost, Lois meets three other teens who, like her, are shattered by life’s tough breaks yet ready for anything in order to leave with her for outer space.

Unladylike2020 Ynés Mexía short playing before the screening 

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