El viaje extraordinario de Celeste García (2018) Celeste is a widow living a tranquil, unadventurous existence in Havana, fulfilling her daily shifts as a tour guide at the local planetarium.

The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia (El Viaje Extraordinario de Celeste García) is a German-Cuban comedy written and directed by Arturo Infante. The film stars María Isabel Díaz, Omar Franco, Néstor Jiménez, Yerlín Pérez, Tamara Castellanos, Veronica Diaz, Roberto Espinosa, Reinier Díaz, Andrea Doimeadios and Beatriz Viña.

Fueled by a delightfully simple sci-fi premise, The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia is an earthbound comedy with a keen grasp of human foibles and societal woes.

Fueled by a delightfully simple sci-fi premise, The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia is an earthbound comedy with a keen grasp of human foibles and societal woes. The story of a planetarium guide who's offered the chance for interplanetary relocation unfolds with an unexpected matter-of-factness that proves to be its strength.

The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia. Loading the player ... Stuck in a rut, former schoolteacher and planetarium guide Celeste Garcia is chosen to begin a new life on the planet Gyrok, leading to an unexpected journey to the center of her own life in this warm, funny debut feature.

Celeste García, a 60-year-old former schoolteacher and current guide at the Havana Planetarium, is looking for a life change. When a group of aliens land in Cuba offering earthlings a chance to visit their planet, Celeste signs up for the journey hoping for a better and more fulfilling life.

A bizarre little movie, The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste García follows the meek title character (Maria Isabel Diaz) as she receives an invitation to travel to (and live on) an alien planet, with the bulk of the narrative set in and around the abandoned high school where Celeste and her fellow travelers must await the spaceship’s arrival.

From this intriguing premise, THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCIA crafts a charming and utterly surreal tale with more than a little sharp political satire tossed in. When this quietly seductive film reaches its climax, it is as touching and unexpected as everything else in this wonderfully offbeat story. ( In Spanish with subtitles) —C.R.

Well into her sixties, Celeste Garcia maintains a lively curiosity about the world around her – and the galaxy beyond that. A former teacher, she now works in the planetarium, her enthusiasm touching the visitors whose minds she opens daily to the mysteries of space.