Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

Set on an Earth where the ecosystem has collapsed, this ravishing sci-fi film is centred on Vesper, a young girl struggling to find a cure for her paralysed father

By Davide Abbatescianni

Vesper

Directed by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper

General release in US cinemas; UK cinemas to be announced

FOR a good example of what European science fiction has to offer, you need look no further than Vesper, a beautifully crafted film that premiered at the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary film festival in July.

It is set in a dystopian world where Earth’s ecosystems have totally collapsed as a result of an unspecified catastrophe. Many people now have …