Father (Michael Shannon), mother (Tilda Swinton) and son (George MacKay) have been holed up in an underground luxury bunker for 25 years after an environmental disaster made the earth's surface uninhabitable. While the outside world perishes, they have created an artificial normality in their luxurious hideaway: piano lessons for the mother, building a miniature model of the old world for the son and emergency drills for everyone. The family lives in a strangely perfect but emotionally cold and distant environment. Everything changes when one day a young woman enters the bunker from the outside dangerously shaking up the fragile family relationship. In his feature debut Oppenheimer unfolds a satirical examination of wealth, isolation and responsibility in the form of a musical. The music was composed by Josh Schmidt and the lyrics were written by Oppenheimer himself. With The End, Oppenheimer has created a radical new chapter in the musical genre. A dark, surrealistic work with a mixture of melancholy music, grotesque comedy and philosophical seriousness. A fascinating, provocative and also challenging film experience. The End celebrated its world premiere at the American film festival in Telluride and was screened in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Screenplay: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer Length: 148 min. Language: English OF / English UT Country of production: Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Great Britain, USA, Italy Production: Final Cut for Real, Wild Atlantic, Match Factory P, Dorje, Moonspun, Anagram Cast: Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay German rights: MUBI Festivals: Telluride, Toronto, San Sebastián, Busan, Vancouver, London, Hamptons Translated with DeepL.com (free version)