The Last of Us
New Directors/New Films 2017
March 15 - 26, 2017
Ala Eddine Slim’s mysterious, entrancing, dialogue-free film chronicles an unnamed man’s inadvertent journey into nature, speaking powerfully about both contemporary migration and the ancient struggle between man and nature.
Two men silently traverse a vast, flat landscape; they get in the back of a smuggler’s truck, and soon after they’re attacked by men with guns; one of them escapes to sea, perhaps headed to Europe. He soon finds himself in an endless forest, where a kind of spiritual journey unfolds. In Ala Eddine Slim’s mysterious, entrancing, dialogue-free film, the political significance of the unnamed protagonist’s journey is given a metaphysical twist. Urgent and evocative, The Last of Us speaks powerfully about both contemporary migration and the ancient struggle between man and nature.
Please note that the Q&As with Ala Eddine Slim have unfortunately been cancelled.
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