The season of “The Girl and the Cosmonaut” consists of six episodes. (Netflix)

In the same style as the movies Interstellar (2014) y The arrival (2016), this Polish series titled The girl and the cosmonaut (A girl and an astronaut) looks at space travel and the emotions that make us human. In this romantic drama, two pilots seek to win the heart of a woman and be chosen for an important space mission. However, life is cruel enough to allow them to get both wishes.

“Two friends and fighter pilots, Nikodem and Bogdan, fight over the heart of the beautiful Marta and a place in the space expedition. Niko wins the second; however, due to an inexplicable glitch, he returns from his mission thirty years later. Despite the passage of time on Earth, he has not aged at all. While Niko is only interested in Marta, the world wants to know the secret of eternal youth”, is how the title is described in its official premise.

The Polish series premiered on February 17 via streaming.  (Netflix)
The Polish series premiered on February 17 via streaming. (Netflix)

A story of love and space travel

This European-based production explores romance framed within the science fiction genre. A young man travels to space with the goal of becoming a great astronaut, but when he returns he finds that time has passed for everyone but him. With the same face and the same physique with which he said goodbye to Earth, Niko will have to find his place in a world he does not know and will try to win back Marta’s love.

Marta is no longer the same 25-year-old girl she met before, but a woman over 50 with a life made up of her. Is it possible that the union will resurface between the two after waiting for its arrival for three decades? Meanwhile, Bogdan – Niko’s former rival – has also aged and no longer has the same drive he had during his years as a fighter pilot; he will, however, relive a few moments of his youth when this former colleague returns to the planet.

Magdalena Cielecka, Jędrzej Hycnar, Vanessa Alexander and other actors make up the cast of "The girl and the cosmonaut".  (Netflix)
Magdalena Cielecka, Jędrzej Hycnar, Vanessa Alexander and other actors make up the cast of “The Girl and the Cosmonaut”. (Netflix)

The girl and the cosmonaut stars Magdalena Cielecka as Marta (55), Jędrzej Hycnar as Nikodem Borowski, Andrzej Chyra as Bogdan (58), Vanessa Alexander as Marta (25) and Jakub Sasak as Bogdan (28). The six-episode season is directed by Bartosz Prokopowicz and written by Agata Malesinska; is produced by Olga Cerkaska and Bartosz Cerkaski.

The plot primarily explores love, loneliness, and pain from the characters’ different perspectives. At the same time, the scientific narrative is still important as a common thread running through everything: space travel and research to determine how to stop aging in human beings.

The new production navigates between the genres of romance and science fiction.  (Netflix)
The new production navigates between the genres of romance and science fiction. (Netflix)

All chapters of The girl and the cosmonaut are available to watch on Netflix.

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