Maine in the Movies: Astraea

Astraea is being screened as part of Maine in the Movies, a statewide festival of films set in Maine, to help celebrate Maine’s Bicentennial.

Astraea is screening at 4pm on Saturday, March 7th ONLY. This film is FREE for Gem Members.

When an epidemic nearly wipes out the human race, a telepathic teenage girl named Astraea has visions of survivors living in New Brunswick. She leads her doubting brother on a 5,000-mile journey through a silent and abandoned America into the snowbound wilderness, hoping to rebuild life as she knew it. As they head north, her clairvoyance intensifies and they encounter a wary young couple, homesteading on a remote lake in Western Maine. The grief and complexity–as well as the excitement and comfort–of encountering other normal humans pits itself against Astraea’s desire to keep moving and find her family. This post-apocalyptic film, spectacularly shot in wintry Maine landscapes, uses sensitivity and intellect rather than special effects to show not what humanity is running from, but what we’re running towards.