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A woman peers over a model set containing a ski hill, Mount Rushmore, a rocketship, and a roller coaster

The End

  Joshua Oppenheimer

  Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom     148 minutes

Synopsis

From Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) comes a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world. Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother (Tilda Swinton), Father (Michael Shannon) and Son (George McKay) are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life — until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine.

As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble, with long-repressed feelings of remorse and resentment threatening to destroy the family’s delicate balance. But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change. An urgent and unforgettable cautionary tale.

 English 

Screenings & Events

Screening

Fri, Oct 18 @ 8:30pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 05

Screening

Sat, Oct 19 @ 9:00pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 01

Media

Film Credits

  •   Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joshua Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton
  •   Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
  •   Tilda Swinton, George Mackay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James, Danielle Ryan, Naomi O'Garro
  •   Jeff Deutchman, Tom Quinn, Emily Thomas, Elissa Federoff, Efe Çakarel, Michael Weber, Jason Ropell, John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Andrea Romeo, Alberto Fanni, Joakim Rang Strand, Marcus Clausen, Waël Kabbani, Greg Moga, David Unger, Sandra Whipham, Charlotte Cook, Jens von Bahr, Sam Mendes, Ramin Bahrani, James Marsh, Werner Herzog, Raffaele Fabrizio, Caterina Fabrizio, Alessandro Del Vigna, Dana Høegh, Christian Bruun, Melinda Quintin, Michael Quintin, Spencer Myers, Amy Gardner, Jean Doumanian, Ilya Katsnelson, Kaarle Aho, Celine Haddad, Greg Martin

Sponsors

International Competition Program Patron

Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Family Foundation