‘See You on Venus’ is a 2023 coming-of-age romantic drama directed by Joaquín Llamas. The film follows Mia, an 18-year-old orphaned girl, as she embarks on a journey across Spain to find her biological mother.
Struggling with abandonment issues and a congenital heart defect, Mia has an urgent need to find answers about her past before undergoing risky surgery.
1. What happened to Noah?
Noah was Kyle’s friend who tragically died in a car accident that Kyle was driving. In the accident, their other friend Josh was seriously injured and left disabled. Kyle has been filled with immense survivor’s guilt over the accident and Noah’s death.
At the beginning of the movie, Kyle is shown climbing up a cliff, contemplating suicide over his guilt about the accident. He is stopped by Mia, who was best friends with Noah. Mia helps give Kyle a new perspective and purpose, and they go on a journey to Spain for Mia to find her birth mother.
2. What Brought Mia and Kyle Together?
She crosses paths with Kyle, a grieving teenager grappling with survivor’s guilt after a car accident that killed his best friend. Though initially reluctant, Kyle agrees to accompany Mia on her quest at the behest of his concerned parents.
As the mismatched pair travels through picturesque Spanish cities in a rental van, they slowly open up to each other about their turbulent pasts. Mia shares stories from her tumultuous years in foster care, still clinging to faint hopes of reconnecting with her birth mother.
Meanwhile, Kyle continues to mentally relive the car crash, unable to forgive himself. The two outcasts soon develop an unlikely bond, with Mia’s infectious optimism offering Kyle a sense of catharsis. As they support each other through emotionally charged revelations and medical emergencies,
Mia and Kyle’s friendship blossoms into romance under the Andalusian sun. After following a series of promising leads, Mia finally tracks down her biological mother, Maria Osorio.
3. Does Mia Get Heart Surgery?
Their bittersweet reunion is cut short, however, when Mia’s worsening heart condition lands her in the emergency room.
With only a 50% chance of surviving the impending surgery, a distraught Kyle storms off, unable to cope with the situation.
3. What Causes Kyle to Recall the Car Accident?
Outside the hospital, Kyle has a breakthrough as he recalls the exact circumstances of the car accident for the first time.
He realizes his friend Josh was actually at fault for distracting him with a video while driving. Kyle calls Josh to apologize, allowing them both to make peace with the past.
5. Did Mia Survive?
With closure over his friend’s death, Kyle returns to the hospital to find Mia on the operating table.
He promises to take her on more adventures if she survives the surgery. The film then flashes forward to Kyle and Mia joyfully embarking on a new road trip, implying that Mia pulled through successfully.
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In the end, ‘See You on Venus’ is a life-affirming story about leaning on human connections to overcome adversity. While searching for biological relatives, Mia and Kyle realize they’ve found the family they needed in each other all along. Their romantic journey illustrates that the most important things in life aren’t determined by one’s origins but by the choices made each day.
