Director David Mackenzie fell in love with the audience after the release of the film "Last Love on Earth." Reviews on this picture are full of delight and the warmest emotions. The viewer is eternally grateful to Mackenzie for his work. The meaning of the film "Last Love on Earth" is to show true feelings that can not fade away even in the most terrible circumstances. The events of the film develop extremely unexpectedly, which keeps the viewer in constant tension.
Description of the film "Last Love on Earth"
The events of the picture are developing within the town of Glasgow. One day, chef Michael accidentally meets the epidemiologist Susan. Between young people, feelings instantly flare up that turn into a passionate romance. Their relationship is like a last sip of water on a hot day. They enjoy every moment spent together.
But their love relationship is overshadowed by the situation on the planet. The earth is in danger, a terrible and mysterious virus spreads over it. People for unknown reasons lose various feelings. First of all, the sense of smell is lost, then a loss of taste is noted. Before this happens, humanity feels a sharp exacerbation of this feeling, accompanied by emotional growth. Subsequently, they will face loss and deep depression.
Survival in the new conditions brings a lot of inconvenience to all of humanity. Susan begins to understand the causes of the epidemic and tries to understand how it spreads to people. Michael’s work begins to be completely useless, because people stop enjoying food. He tries to make it more perceptible, but nothing comes of it. Almost all luxury goods begin to lose their meaning. The most terrible thing is the moment of complete hearing loss in people.
The inhabitants of the Earth are on the verge of a global catastrophe. Violence and lawlessness reign in cities. The relationship between Susan and Michael becomes extremely tense, and the girl decides to part with the young man. But after some period of time, a state of bliss falls on Earth. People are filled with warmth and love. This helps bring Michael and Susan closer together. This is followed by an outbreak of the epidemic, provoking vision loss. The plot of “Last Love on Earth” is developing so dynamically and intensely that watching it evokes the viewer the whole spectrum of feelings.
Cast
The main roles in the film "Last Love on Earth" (2011) were played by Ewan McGregor and Eva Green. The Scottish actor and French actress did an excellent job with the roles of Michael and Susan.
Other actors and roles of "Last Love on Earth":
- Connie Nielsen - Danish model and actress got the role of sister of the main character Jenny.
- Stephen Dillane is the performer of the role of chief Susan Stephen Montgomery.
- Ewan Bremner - perfectly introduced to the viewer teammate Michael James.
- Denis Lawson - played in the film boss Michael.
- Alastair Mackenzie - appeared in the film as a colleague of Susan.
Famous actors have made this film truly legendary and worthy of viewing. In addition to them, such actors as Anamaria Marinka, Lauren Tompani, Shabana Akhtar Baksh played in the film "Last Love on Earth".
Ewan McGregor
The magnificent actor of Scottish descent is known to the world for his roles in such films as "Angels and Demons", "Star Wars" and other famous paintings. In 2012, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the development of drama and charity. As for the awards, then in his piggy bank BAFTA and Golden Globe.
Eva Green
The actress was born in France and began her career with work in the theater. In the movie, her viewers first saw in "Dreamers". The actress gained worldwide fame thanks to roles in films such as “Kingdom of Heaven” and “Casino Royale.” In her filmography, such stunning works as “Dark Shadows” and “Camelot” flaunt. Her award list includes BAFTA and Empire "
Critic reviews
Reviews about the "Last Love on Earth" from critics were very different. Against the background of many kind words, there was a huge amount of negativity. The main problem was that in the same period the picture "Blindness" with a fairly similar plot was released. As a result, critics began to actively compare them. In their opinion, “Last Love on Earth” has a minimum of scientific facts, and all the events in it have no scientific basis. First of all, it aims at an emotional impact on the viewer. And although they were convinced that this topic was very relevant and in demand in the movie market, everything was aggravated by the negligent attitude of the creators to the project. Thus, reviews of "Last Love on Earth" for the most part indicated an unsuccessful scenario of the picture.
As for the positive reviews, here critics praised the acting of the main characters. According to them, the frank scenes of Eva Grinn and Ewan McGregor were very impressive. Young people look great on TV as a couple.
Viewers reviews
The audience clearly conquered the audience, and they expressed their most positive reviews. "Last love on Earth", in their opinion, awakens just a storm of emotions in the soul of every beholder. The viewer is so deeply immersed in everything that happens that he even begins to think about how he could help the suffering. And, despite the fact that critics noted a number of scientific inaccuracies in the film, human hearts still believed everything that was happening.
The picture is a real challenge for indifferent and callous people. Viewers also noticed that the film is very easy to watch. The time behind it flies extremely fast. And the most important indicator of the success of the picture is that even the most impenetrable people sat and wept when watching it. And this means that Mackenzie was really able to reach out to the viewer.
As for the acting, McGregor conquered the majority of the audience. He played, in their opinion, simply amazing. Russian viewers are indignant, the picture failed at the British box office. They don’t understand what the heart should be like if the film “Last Love on Earth” could not melt it. Reviews about him are extremely emotional. And this means that in the Russian box office the picture made a splash.
Awards
The success of the film is always confirmed by a large number of awards. So, despite the negative reviews about the "Last Love on Earth" from critics, the picture received three important awards. At the international film festival in Bratislava, the film received an audience award. In the framework of the Edinburgh International Film Festival "Last Love on Earth" won the award in the nomination "Best New British Film". The Philadelphia Festival also brought the audience a prize.
In addition, the picture was in three categories as part of the BAFTA film award:
- Favorite Scottish film.
- Best feature film.
- Best Director.
Unfortunately, in the framework of this event, the film was not able to get any awards.
A few facts about the film
- "Last Love on Earth" lasts 92 minutes.
- Before starting to shoot, Mackenzie carefully prepared. First, he himself talked to people suffering from ailments of various senses. And then he sent Eve Grinn to observe the work in the laboratory of the epidemiological center.
- This is not the first time McGregor has worked with a director. With Mackenzie, he starred in "Young Adam."
- They shot the film for five weeks in Glasgow.
Filming the picture was very comfortable for the main characters. Ewan and Eve did not hesitate to turn their inner world inside out and fully open to each other.