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Oxygen (French: Oxygène) is a 2021 French-language science fiction thriller film produced and directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Christie LeBlanc. An American-French co-production, it stars Mélanie Laurent as a woman who awakens trapped in an airtight medical cryogenic unit, with Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi in supporting roles.
Oxygen is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent, 6 Underground, Inglourious Basterds), who wakes up in a...
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- Mélanie Laurent, Malik Zidi
- Alexandre Aja
- Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
May 12, 2021 · (Note: Netflix often defaults to dubbed versions. Watch this in French. Mine started dubbed and you’d lose so much of Laurent’s performance if you let someone else speak for her.)
- Why Is Liz in The Pod in Netflix's oxygen?
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- Is Liz A Clone in oxygen?
The film opens with a woman addressed as Omicron 276 waking up in a “Cryosalide” cryogenic pod. Unable to open the lid without the relevant codes and held at the mercy of a helpful but limited AI named MILO, she has to use the pod’s database and connection to the internet to try and escape (and also find out her identity – Dr Elizabeth “Liz” Hansen...
It becomes clear as the film continues that Liz’s husband Leo was unwell in his final days, and when she gets through to an old woman living at his address Liz learns the truth – her husband has actually died of a deadly virus that swept through humanity. However, there’s more to Leo’s exit – and Liz’s imprisonment – than first appears.
When the old woman calls Liz back, Liz insists she gives her the access codes to her pod, and her request is granted – but first, the old woman asks that she try something. Altering a key system in her pod, Liz becomes weightless, and the truth is revealed – she’s not buried, or in a hospital. Her pod is actually in space – and she’s been in cryo-s...
But of course, there was another twist in Oxygen. While searching through the other passengers at the behest of the old woman, Liz finds Leo in stasis too. Confused by his apparent survival, she trawls back through the archives to discover that the real “Elizabeth Hansen” is a great deal older than her, and has made great strides in the realm of me...
- Huw Fullerton
- 3 min
Feb 20, 2024 · Oxygen is the story of Liz (Laurent), a French woman who wakes up in a cryogenic chamber. With no memory of who she is, Liz struggles to escape as her oxygen levels slowly deplete with only a...
- Dais Johnston
May 12, 2021 · Directed by Alexandre Aja (Crawl, Horns), Oxygen is a French sci-fi thriller with a healthy dash of horror added in. In many ways, it feels like a spiritual successor to 2010's...
May 14, 2021 · The French movie Oxygen (Oxygène) premiered on Netflix NFLX +1.4% on May 12, 2021. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Oxygen tells the story of a young woman who suddenly wakes up inside a cryogenic...
