Who Can We Trust? In Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End Trailer

Who can we trust? What the heck lets have a sing song it’s the end of the world! MUBI have released a New Trailer for The End, Joshua Oppenheimer’s post apocalyptic musical! YES Musical!

This comes from Oscar winning filmmaker Oppenheimer known for his documentary filmmaking (Act of Killing). It stars Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay along with Moses Ingram. In The End the world has been destroyed by an apocalyptic environmental event, wiping out majority of humanity. The only survivors live in a luxurious bunker, 25 years own mother, frather and son struggle to maintain some shape of normal life. The lifestyle is shattered thanks to the arrival of stranger, a girl.

Despite the bonkers set up this has divided audiences and the homage to musicals wilters very quickly, what do you think?

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.

The rest of the cast includes Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, and Lennie James. The End will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 28th March. The film will have a festival screening on 4th March with Scottish premiere at Glasgow Film Festival.