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Orphaned as a boy and raised in the Czech countryside by doting grandparents, scientist Jakub Prochazka has risen to become the country's first astronaut. On a dangerous solo mission to Venus, Jakub befriends a possibly imaginary giant alien spider. Will their philosophical conversations and intense bond be enough to see him through?