With Earth left uninhabitable after an environmental disaster, one wealthy family and their closest acquaintances have for two decades lived in a luxurious underground bunker. The son of the family has never known life outside the safe haven, his parents instead carefully controlling his upbringing. That status quo is disrupted when a stranger finds her way into the bunker from the surface…
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing) makes the leap to fiction filmmaking with this audacious post-apocalyptic musical. With an extraordinary ensemble including Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay and Ireland’s own Bronagh Gallagher, this is both a lively family drama and a scathing satire of modern society’s moral hypocrisy – with plenty of singing to boot.
Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer
Cast: Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher
“★★★★ Largely filmed at Ardmore Studios, in Co Wicklow, the film makes its case powerfully, beautifully and with enormous good taste.” – Donald Clarke, The Irish Times
“‘The End’ doesn’t offer the instant gratification of a typical musical, but this film burrows deep into your head” – David Ehrlich, Indiewire
