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The End

Synopsis

A Golden Age-style musical about one of the last families alive on Earth. When the sudden arrival of a young stranger threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep underground, the son of the family begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - Canadian premiere
Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
148 min
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer
Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Tilda Swinton
Co-Producer
Flaminio Zadra, Tracy O'Riordan
Executive Producer
Christian D. Bruun, Alessandro Del Vigna, Dana Høegh,
Editor
Nils Pagh Andersen
Screenwriter
Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
Director of Photography
Mikhail Krichman
Production Designer
Jette Lehmann
Composer
Marius De Vries, Josh Schmidt
Principal cast
Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, Lennie James, Bronagh Gallagher, Moses Ingram

Genre

Horror Music Drama Dance Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund (UK), Ministero della Cultura (MiC) (IT), Det Danske Filminstitut (DK), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (DE), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (DE), Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland (IE), Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Sicilia Film Commission (IT)

Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Italy, UK, US, Sweden co-production

A Moonspun Films (UK), MMC Movies (DE), Match Factory Productions (DE), Final Cut for Real (DK), Wild Atlantic Pictures (IE), Dorje Film (IT), Neon (US) production

Moonspun Films

Tracy O'Riordan
Suite 605, Cumberland House
Scrubs Lane
London
NW10 6RF

Sales Company

The Match Factory

Domstrasse 60
50668 Cologne
Germany

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