Elio Movie

An introspective 11-year-old lives a quiet life orbiting Earth with his single mother at a remote listening post, craving connection and longing to belong. He copes through vivid daydreams, comic-book heroics and awkward attempts to fit in at school while his mother juggles work and protection. When a routine misunderstanding paints him as an oddball in his community, he retreats into a secret life of imaginative play and a carefully curated alien-themed box of treasures that comforts him against loneliness and teasing.

During a routine trip to a public launch festival, a bizarre celestial event draws attention and a group of enigmatic extraterrestrials appears, selecting him as a representative for an interstellar audience that judges planetary civilizations. Catapulted far from home, he is thrust into dazzling alien environments and diplomatic routines beyond his comprehension. Faced with sudden responsibility, cultural bewilderment, and the weight of being Earth's unlikely emissary, he must learn to navigate alien etiquette and media scrutiny while trying to hold onto the human connections that defined him. The story pauses as he confronts the enormity of his role and the choice placed before him.