NEON just released the trailer and poster for The End, an apocalyptic musical film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer. The film will premiere in Los Angeles and New York on December 6, followed by a wider release in select cities on December 13.
The Academy Award®-nominated director, known for his documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, brings “a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world.”
Synopsis:
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. But 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. 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.
The film features a talented ensemble, including Academy Award® winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), and Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, Revolutionary Road), along with George MacKay (1917) and Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit). Aside from directing, Oppenheimer also takes part in the screenplay, alongside Rasmus Heisterberg (A Royal Affair), and in the songs (lyrics), alongside Joshua Schmidt (music).
