Last and First Men (2020)

Directed by

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Genre

science fiction film

Country

Iceland

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

G

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A narrator speaks over black and white images of monumental brutalist structures. The film imagines a future where humans are nearly extinct and one of the last surviving beings reflects on the history of their species.

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What happens

Last and First Men is a 2020 English-language Icelandic science fiction film directed by Jóhann Jóhannsson, who co-wrote the screenplay with José Enrique Macián. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by English author Olaf Stapledon, it is the only feature film directed by Jóhannsson, a composer who died of an overdose two years before its release. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 25 February 2020, and was digitally released on 30 July, by BFI Distribution in the United Kingdom. It received widespread critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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