Interstellar

Flicker Obviously, I know Interstellar has become THE mainstream film. The one everyone has seen, the one everyone quotes, the one that’s everywhere. But let me explain why, for me, this film isn’t just a classic… it’s the film that saved me. Or rather: the film that saved a 9-year-old child. Me. So let me open up a little here. When I was 9, very dark things were happening in my life. Repeated violence from my mother, days of feeling alone, misunderstood, broken from the inside. At that age, I had nothing. Nothing, except my dad. And I know it’s heavy to say, but at that time I already had very dark thoughts, because I couldn’t see how to go on. And then one day, my dad — a passionate cinephile — showed me Interstellar. And I’ve never forgotten the shock. It wasn’t just a movie. It was a mirror of me, of us, of the relationship between a father and his daughter. It was the first time a piece of art made me feel this: like it was holding my hand at a moment when no one else was. The scene where Murphy begs her dad to stay, when he has to leave for the mission… that was exactly what I felt. When my dad was forced, by court decision, to leave me with my mother, all I wanted was for him to stay. To not leave me in that hell. When Murphy cried stay, that was me. Those were my words. And then the final scene. The one that breaks me and rebuilds me every time. When Cooper comes back, and Murphy tells him: “I always knew you’d come back.” — “Why?” — “Because my dad promised me.” I can’t explain it any other way: it split me in half. Because it echoed what happened on June 29, 2019. The day my mother abandoned me. Not symbolically. Literally. In the street. And when my dad came to get me. That day, he looked at me and said: “I promise you I will never leave you again. I promise you no one will ever hurt you again.” And that promise engraved itself inside me like an absolute truth. Like the final scene of Interstellar. Like a light in all that darkness. So yes, for many people this film is a masterpiece of science fiction, a story about love and time. For me, it’s more than that. It’s the film that saved a 9-year-old child, lost and broken, by reminding her that a father’s love can cross every galaxy, every silence, every violence. And for that, I owe it everything.❤️‍🩹 To anyone hurt: you are not alone.