In his most recent work, Christian Frei turns to an age-old dream of man: to leave our planet as a «normal person» and travel into outer space.

For 20 million dollars, the American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfil this childhood dream.

This documentary follows her journey into space and shows everyday life as it is on the International Space Station.

This terrific beauty is set in contrast to the crazy trips taken by Kazakh rocket debris collectors in their hunt for the coveted carrot-shaped rocket stages, which literally fall out of the sky and are collected by men with trucks the size of dinosaurs.

With breathtaking images, SPACE TOURISTS takes its audience into a fascinating world full of of wonder and surprise. Encounters with the least likely people imaginable. Places even stranger and more unknown than outer space itself.

«Once you have tasted flight,
you will forever walk the earth
with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been,
and there you will always long to return.»

Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1500

«In the year 2001, space travel will be
routine for everyone – in luxurious,
roomy spaceships with all the amenities»

Stanley Kubrick in the press brochure
to his legendary film «2001 - A Space Odyssey»

«How do you put a price on a dream?
I would go to space even
if it was a one way ticket,
if it meant going and never returning,
if it meant losing my life over it!»

Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist

Here I am, at the center of the world.
Behind me, myriads of protozoa,
before me, myriads of stars.
I lie between them in my entirety.
Two shores taming the sea,
a bridge that joins two worlds.
And, dear God, a little butterfly,
a shred of golden silk,
laughs at me like a child.

Arseny Tarkovsky