The End We Start From
The End We Start From

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The End We Start From

2023
Movie
102 min
English

As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.

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IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic66/100
Google Users73%
Director: Mahalia BeloGenres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot Summary

In a future London, a devastating flood submerges the city, forcing a young mother, Rhian, to flee with her infant son. As she navigates the treacherous, submerged landscape and societal collapse, she desperately searches for safety and a new beginning. The film follows her perilous journey, testing her resilience and maternal instincts in a world transformed by environmental catastrophe.

Critical Reception

The End We Start From received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its atmospheric tension, striking visuals, and Jodie Comer's powerful performance. While some found the narrative occasionally slow-paced, the film was widely recognized for its timely themes of environmental disaster and maternal survival.

What Reviewers Say

  • Visually stunning and thematically relevant, capturing the anxieties of environmental collapse.

  • Jodie Comer delivers a commanding and emotionally resonant performance as a mother fighting for survival.

  • Some viewers found the pacing uneven, but the film's atmosphere and message resonated strongly.

Google audience: Audiences appreciated the film's striking visuals and the compelling central performance by Jodie Comer, particularly in depicting a mother's struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. The environmental themes and the sense of urgency were frequently highlighted as strengths.

Fun Fact

The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Megan Hunter, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.

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MovieGuys

MovieGuys

"The End We Start From", is carried more by quality performances, than a sterling script. On first inspection this looks like a apocalyptic, survivalist film but that soon gives way to what is, essentially, an interpersonal drama. I...

Kate

Kate

Environmental apocalypse survival story? Sign me up! I loved this movie. You don't often see mom's of newborns as the bravest people on the screen. Yet, true to life, don't mess with a mama bear! Whenever I watch something I look for clues ...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

With a fairly biblical storm raging outside, an heavily pregnant mother (Jodie Comer) is sitting at home watching the telly. Power goes out, waters break then the struggle to get boyfriend (Joel Fry) and ambulance to hospital is the start o...

Manuel São Bento

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-end-we-start-from-bfi-film-festival-review/ "The End We Start From marks debutant Mahalia Belo as a filmmaker to follow closely in the coming years, despite the story not being imagin...