We spoke to "Elio" stars Zoe Saldaña, Yonas Kibreab, and Brad Garrett, alongside co-directors Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, about finding the heart and humanity in sci-fi stories.

It has a universal and powerful theme that drives the story (examining what it means to feel alone); it has spunky and memorable protagonists and antagonists; and while the animation style isn’t anything one would think of as revolutionary,