In the distant future, Ukrainian space trucker Andriy works for a nuclear waste disposal company, transporting radioactive material from Earth to Jupiter’s moon Callisto. After centuries of nuclear use, Earth is crumbling under radiation and earthquakes. Alone aboard his ship Obriy, with only a joke-cracking robot for company, Andriy believes he's the last man alive — until a message from a French woman, Catherine, changes everything. As unexpected love sparks across the stars, his mission shifts: reaching her becomes his new purpose.
“The first film that really inspired me was Alien because it showed this gritty, lived-in space where spaceship workers are just doing their jobs – it blew my mind to think that space could be as mundane as Earth. When we imagine the future, we tend to picture something bright and idealistic, a utopia. But the future can be boring, imperfect and even uninteresting. The main character, Andriy, is a rough, shabby man, not particularly kind or gentle, and I wanted that reflected in the interior of the spaceship. In a way, the ship is an extension of Andriy himself.” (Pavlo Ostrikov)
Pavlo Ostrikov
Born in Krasyliv, Ukraine, in 1990. Ostrikov graduated from the National Aviation University in Kiev before taking screenwriting classes at the New York Film Academy. A member of the public organization Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema, Ostrikov is also a stand-up comedian. U Are the Universe is his debut feature film.