Aloft (2015): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Aloft is a 2015 drama directed by Claudia Llosa, starring Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent and Jennifer Connelly. It runs 1 hour 52 minutes and earned $270,971 worldwide. Critics gave it 16% on Rotten Tomatoes and 34 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.3/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 52m (112 min)
- Director
- Claudia Llosa
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Sony Pictures Classics
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Aloft About?
The premise of Aloft without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A woman's difficult past profoundly impacts her family, leading her to become a celebrated artist and healer. Her son develops into an unusual falconer, struggling with personal loss. Years later, a journalist's inquiry brings them back together, initiating a journey to understand the connections between art, experience, and purpose amidst life's uncertainties. They must confront their shared history and find a way to move forward.
Aloft Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- falcon
- dysfunctional family
- canada
- frozen lake
- ice road
- death of a child
- guilt
- interview
- female rear nudity
- sex scene
- female nudity
- brief female nudity
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- bare chested male
- arctic circle
- writer director
- grieving
- icy road
- female journalist
- chamber drama
- psychological drama
- lottery
- blind boy
- regaining sight
- killing a bird
- winter the season
- hog farm
- lake beneath ice
- frozen in fear
- tree swing
- 10 year old boy
- nunavut
- road traffic accident
- isolated location
- reference to an architect
- mobile sculpture
- documentary filmmaker
- frozen tundra
- 20 years later
- younger version of character
- 31 year old man
- doctor
- twigs
- reference to sex at work
- timelines intertwined
- propeller airplane
- swimming instructor
- child accident
- underwater photography
- death of brother
- pebble
Aloft Cast
Cillian Murphy leads the cast, with Mélanie Laurent and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Claudia Llosa.
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Director Claudia Llosa
More from Claudia Llosa
More films directed by Claudia Llosa, best-rated first: The Milk of Sorrow, Fever Dream, Loxoro and Madeinusa.
Aloft Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Aloft 16% on Rotten Tomatoes and 34 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.3/10.
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IMDb 5.3 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 16% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 27%
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Metacritic 34 Metascore
User score 4.4
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TMDB 54% User score
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Letterboxd 2.8 /5
3 ratings
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Movie Insider 3.4 /5
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Aloft Plot Summary
What happens in Aloft from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Nana Kunning, a struggling mother of two, travels with her children to an isolated location to seek help from the Architect, a faith healer who builds small, delicate structures out of branches and invites patients inside them. The Architect operates by lottery, and Nana’s son Gully, who has an inoperable brain tumour, is not chosen to be saved. Before the Architect can touch the winning patient, the falcon of Ivan—Nana’s other son—swoops in and destroys one of the structures. The furious crowd will not give Nana and her sons a ride unless they abandon the bird, and when Ivan releases the falcon, a man shoots it dead.
Full summary
The whole story of Aloft, scene by scene
Aloft Box Office
Aloft grossed $270,971 worldwide. $53,086 came from the US and Canada and $217,885 (80%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$271K
- US & Canada
- $53.1K
- International
- $217.9K
Aloft Trailers & Videos
2 videos: 1 trailer and 1 clip.
- Clip BIFF (2014) - Aloft CLIP - Drama Movie HD
How Well Do You Know Aloft?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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- Question 10: not answered
What is the name of the mother who struggles to care for her two sons?
Cars in Aloft
14 cars on screen, including the 1988 Ford F-150 and the Blue Bird.
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1988 Ford F-150 Important role -
Blue Bird Minor role -
1987 Hino FB Minor role -
2005 Nissan Pathfinder Minor role
Aloft Also Known As
15 alternative titles, including “Cry/Fly” and “L'attrape-rêves”.
- Also known as
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- Cry/Fly
- L'attrape-rêves
- Marcas do Passado
- No llores, vuela
- 在空中
- В воздухе
- Do nieba
- אל על
- 하늘 높이
- Il volo del falco
- На високо
- Paramparça
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- No Llores
- Vuela
- No ploris, vola
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Aloft FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Aloft, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Aloft?
Aloft runs 1 hour 52 minutes (112 minutes).
When was Aloft released?
Aloft was released on May 22, 2015.
Who directed Aloft?
Aloft was directed by Claudia Llosa.
More films by Claudia Llosa Who is in the cast of Aloft?
Aloft stars Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent and Jennifer Connelly.
How much did Aloft make at the box office?
Aloft grossed $270,971 worldwide ($53,086 domestic, $217,885 international).
How is Aloft rated?
Aloft has 5.3/10 on IMDb, 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, 34 on Metacritic and 54% on TMDB.
Does Aloft have a post-credit scene?
No. Aloft has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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