Deserter

In this short fiction film, the observation satellite Zenon has, on its own, left its assigned orbit and is refusing to send back vital data concerning the Earth's water reserves. Those in charge of the Research Center that sent the satellite up are threatening to destroy this free and intelligent "spirit" if Estelle, the scientist controlling it, cannot make her "friend" see reason. A follow-up to the film

Directed by Michel Murray - 1991 | 19 min

[Juhrmee]

I'm down a crazy fucking rabbit hole right now

[adamwatson]

It says on IMDb that this is called The Aquanaut not Deserter

[wilfdarr]

Reaching the closest star to this solar system would take less than 150 years if politics weren't in the way (not thousands of years, and certainly not "millions of years").