Fictional universe of Avatar Fictional universe of Avatar In the 2009 science fiction film "Avatar", director James Cameron conceived a fictional universe in which humans seek to mine unobtanium on the fictional exoplanetary moon, Pandora. The Earth-like moon is inhabited by a sapient indigenous humanoid species called the Na'vi, and varied fauna and flora. Resources Development Administration (RDA) scientists, administrators, recruits, support, and security personnel travel to Pandora in the 22nd century to discover this lush world, which is inhabited by many lifeforms including the human-like Na'vi. The clan with which the humans have contact in the film "[lives] in a giant tree that
From the Land of the Moon (film) Europe, including for Cotillard's performance and the cinematography by . American critics were less enthusiastic in their response. For instance, Alan Zilberman of the "Washington Post" said, "Moments of visual beauty only call attention to the stilted dialogue and maudlin plot that otherwise define the film." Sheri Linden of the "Los Angeles Times" said, "Marion Cotillard shines", but director Garcia's "lush period drama equates hyper-romance with both self-realization and delusion, a proposition that proves more muddled than illuminating." From the Land of the Moon (film) From the Land of the Moon (, literally "evil stones") is a 2016 French film