EXCLUSIVE: We have the first look image from Maria Martínez Bayona’s forthcoming sci-fi feature The End Of It, co-produced by The Mediapro Studio and backed by BBC Film.
The image features Rebecca Hall, who leads the film alongside Gael GarcÍa Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle), Noomi Rapace (Lamb), and Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart).
The End of It is the feature directorial debut of Maria Martínez Bayona, who also penned the script. The film was shot on location in the Canary Islands, Spain.
The film’s synopsis reads: In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire (Rebecca Hall), a former provocative artist approaching her 250th birthday, decides she’s had enough – she wants to die. Her decision stirs conflicts with her husband (Gael García Bernal), daughter (Noomi Rapace), and AI assistant (Beanie Feldstein), revealing the humorous complexity of their relationships. As Claire uses her impending death to reclaim her role as an artist, she is forced to face what it really means to die, to live, and the messy absurdity of it all.
The End Of It is produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl for Elation Pictures (The Damned), Adrià Monés Murlans for Fasten Films (Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell). Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar co-produce for Eye Eye Pictures (Sentimental Values). The film was developed with the support of BBC Film and iFeatures.
Executive producers include JC Acosta and Erika Kennair for The Mediapro Studio, Claudia Yusef and Alice Ojha for BBC Film, and Ford Corbet, Nathan Klingher, and Apur Parikh for Barreling Wave Pictures.
Bankside Films is handling international sales excluding Latin America, which is managed directly by The Mediapro Studio, while WME Independent is representing North America. They will be showing promo to buyers at EFM.