First Look Teaser Trailer for ‘The End We Start From’ with Jodie Comer
by Alex Billington
September 11, 2023
Source: YouTube
“Where am I…? Where am I…?” Anton has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a film titled The End We Start From, made by filmmaker Mahalia Belo. Described as a “futuristic fable about a brand-new mother navigating a flooded world” starring Jodie Comer. Adapted from Megan Hunter’s prophetic 2017 novel, Mahalia Belo and screenwriter Alice Birch model their film on the author’s spare, elliptical prose, keeping the disaster just off-screen and letting their actors wear the pressure and tension of the story on their faces as their world gets a little smaller and a lot scarier. It’s premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and London Film Festival this fall. TIFF says: “Comer, in a role unlike any she’s played before, balances a new mother’s physical & psychic exhaustion with an unyielding life force that makes her the ideal audience surrogate.” Also starring Joel Fry, Katherine Waterston, Gina McKee, Nina Sosanya, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch. One hell of a cast, with a provocative concept, yeah they got my attention. I’ll be watching.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Mahalia Belo’s The End We Start From, direct from YouTube:
Via TIFF: “England, tomorrow: Forced out of London by cataclysmic flooding, a new mother (Jodie Comer) her partner (Joel Fry), and their infant make their way to his parents’ home in the countryside, only to find the situation growing increasingly desperate there, as well… An apocalyptic drama that still makes room for hope, The End We Start From uses the language of genre to ask the only question that matters about our increasingly bleak future: What will you do? And why aren’t you doing it already?” The End We Start From is directed by English filmmaker Mahalia Belo, director of the TV movie Ellen previously, plus the series “Requiem” & “The Long Song”, and other shorts. The screenplay is written by Alice Birch (“Normal People”, “Succession”, “Dead Ringers”, Mothering Sunday, The Wonder), based on the novel of the same name by Megan Hunter. Produced by Leah Clarke, Liza Marshall, Adam Ackland, Amy Jackson, Sophie Hunter. This is premiering at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival this month. No other release dates are set yet – stay tuned.
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