Directed by Lili Horvát
An atmospheric, slow-burn sci-fi film.
Margot, a brilliant young scientist with a troubled marriage, disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband Sam and a group of friends. A few weeks later, she miraculously reappears the day of her own memorial service. Margot is clearly not the same as before the accident. Nevertheless, Sam sees his wife’s miraculous reappearance as a second chance.
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Rupert Friend and Mackenzie Davis don't quite work as a couple, not matter which iteration they're in, which stops My Notes on Mars from ever soaring. But both of them give intriguing performances, and Lili Horvát's appealingly enigmatic screenplay gives them a lot to play with - Davis, in particular, is so watchable. Altogether, the movie weaves quite a spell, despite never cohering into something fully satisfying.
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What’s the best solution for a marriage on the rocks? A hike through the Hungarian mountains, especially when one partner is forcing the other to do it on very little sleep. What could possibly go wrong here? Well, plenty, as director-writer Lili Horvát shows in her relationship drama with a hint of sci-fi, “My Notes on Mars.” Starring Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend, these two delightful actors examine a couple’s breaking point and the ways they try to bring themselves back to each other, even when it seems out-of-this-world impossible to do so. But be warned, this is a “trust the process” kind of film that takes quite some time to get going, and even when it does, there’s still plenty of lingering questions in the end.My full review
A brilliant scientist mysteriously vanishes during a hike and reappears weeks later fundamentally altered, prompting her husband to view her return as a fragile second chance at their troubled marriage.
It was directed by Lili Horvát, the Hungarian filmmaker known for her feature debut Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time.
The science-fiction romance premiered at the 2026 Venice Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.
