Toronto International Film Festival 2024, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024
Best known for his groundbreaking documentary, The Act of Killing (2012), Joshua Oppenheimer makes his fiction feature debut with The End, a story about what seems to be the last remaining human family on earth, as they hide in an ornate bunker built deep inside a salt mine after environmental collapse has destroyed society. George MacKay, born in this bunker, has only heard stories of the outside world. He spends his days working on a dubious book with his father, a former energy tycoon, while his mother frets over the upkeep of the many priceless paintings and artworks adorning their walls. It’s the semblance of a normal (albeit affluent) life. But when a woman from the outside arrives at their doorstep seeking refuge, the family’s delicate dynamic begins to crumble.
Joshua Oppenheimer is an American filmmaker who works in both documentary and fiction. He holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Central St. Martins College of Arts and Design in London. His directorial credits include the “pseudo-documentary” The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (98) and the documentaries The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014).
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