Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End” will be hitting Telluride and Toronto this fall. The film was previously snubbed by Venice and Cannes. A new image has been released, via Telluride, featuring a nearly unrecognizable Michael Shannon and Tilda Swinton.
“The End” is a post-apocalyptic “Golden Age” musical. It started production in February 2023. The film stars Swinton, Shannon, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny and Lennie James. Neon is producing. The plot centers on the last human family alive.
Here’s the synopsis:
A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family, surviving two decades after the world ended, living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been destroyed, but their 13-year-old son, born in the bunker, has never seen the outside world. There is a maid, with whom the son has his only honest relationship. There is also a doctor, and a butler. Unspoken blame over leaving loved ones behind looms over this family, hollowing out whatever intimacy they once shared. Suddenly, a young girl appears at the entrance of the bunker, the balance of the family is threatened.
Oppenheimer is known for his two highly acclaimed docs, “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence,” which tackled the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-66. “The End” is his first foray in fiction filmmaking.