So scientific fiction, that you want it becomes real...

Rating: 10/10 (21 April 2001)

This is a SF-film where Laser weapons or Deep space fighting is not a topic at all. Nevertheless it is exciting and thrilling. Scientific thinking and mind dominates this wonderful novel of Carl Sagan. An outstanding work, where a young and tenacious radioastronomer finally receives undoubtlessly a signal from outer space. But that signal is not only a signal. It is a message, a book, which is slowly decoded by mankind. During that phase this film shows the controversy between science and religious behavior. Be sure, for a few moments you will be carried off this world and faster as you want, you feel back in reality. A fantastic film, which will leave a "bright hole" in your mind...