The Last Days on Mars by Ruairí Robinson

In the 2040s, a professional Martian research base, Tantalus Base outpost, is created. The eight person crew, who have been stationed there for six months, are only nineteen hours from the completion of their research mission. The spacecraft Aurora is inbound from Earth and will collect the team by lander from a prearranged site. Mars scientist Marko Petrović has found samples that may point to life on the planet. Without revealing his discovery, he devises a ruse for one last sojourn on the surface. Crewmate Richard Harrington drives Petrović in a solar powered rover to the spot where he had found the sample. After he obtains soil with the biological agent present, a fissure swallows Petrović.

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The Last Days on Mars
Directed by	Ruairí Robinson
Produced by	Michael Kuhn Andrea Cornwell
Screenplay by	Clive Dawson
Based on	The Animators by Sydney J. Bounds
Starring	Liev Schreiber Elias Koteas Romola Garai Goran Kostić Johnny Harris Tom Cullen Yusra Warsama Olivia Williams
Music by	Max Richter
Cinematography	Robbie Ryan
Edited by	Peter Lambert
Production   company	British Film Institute Irish Film Board Qwerty Films Fantastic Films
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Focus Features (International) Magnet Releasing (United States)
Release date(s)	20 May 2013 (2013-05-20) (Cannes) 19 September 2013 (2013-09-19) (United Kingdom) 6 December 2013 (2013-12-06) (United States) 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11) (Ireland)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Ireland United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Box office	$24,084 (US)
The devastated colleagues attempt to recover the body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.