Twenty-five years after the Earth's environmental collapse leaves our world uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normality as they cling to the rituals of everyday life, while confined to a bunker.
But when a Girl turns up at their doorstep, with a different past and her own perspective, the family's blind optimism is questioned.
This audacious, genre-bending (post-apocalyptic musical domestic drama) film delivers a poignant and cautionary tale through a family that survived the end of the world.
From director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence), featuring standout performances from Tilda Swinton (Suspiria (2018), Okja, Snowpiercer), George Mackay (Femme, 1917, Captain Fantastic), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Midnight Special, Take Shelter) and Moses Ingram (Lady in the Lake, The Queen's Gambit).
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- Joe Harris
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