The Gravity Interview: Director Cédric Ido On Combining Sci-FI Genre With Real-World Themes

Set in inner-city Paris, The Gravity follows a pair of drug-dealing brothers and their peers as they try to live their lives in relative peace, at least by the standards of low-level drug dealers. However, a gang of tracksuit-wearing young people hoping to clean up the streets with a near-religious fervor threaten the status quo. This gang’s excitement over an impending planetary alignment gives them a cult-like quality, which lends them an aura of unpredictability.