The End with Joshua Oppenheimer

Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son 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. Son, a naïve twenty-something who has never seen the outside world, is fascinated by the newcomer, and suddenly the delicate bonds of blind optimism that have held this wealthy clan together begin to fray. 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. (Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, 148 minutes, DCP)

Joshua Oppenheimer is an American-born British film director known for his Oscar-nominated films The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014) and Gold Hugo-winning film The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1997), as well as The Globalisation Tapes (2003) and numerous short documentaries. Oppenheimer was a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur fellowship and a 1997 Marshall Scholar. Oppenheimer received his PhD from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, while studying on a Marshall Scholarship. He is Professor of Film at the University of Westminster.

With Joshua Oppenheimer in person for post-show Q&A. Doors open thirty minutes before the screening. This event is free and open to the public.