A six-pointed star that shimmers—it’s the future and the past flashing a sign. Spanning the beginning and the end of the world, Last Things offers an epic account of Earth’s life: from its mineral formation to vegetal and marine development, through the brief passage of a noxious bipedal species (guess who), to the rise of a superior mineral civilization. The link between hard science and speculative fiction unfolds in all its richness: the imaginary tales that punctuate the film, alongside ancient stories of Earth’s formation, suddenly seem entirely plausible—perhaps even desirable. Last Things is an odyssey where every stone is a world-being, every cave a futuristic metropolis, scientific diagrams become hieroglyphs, and the whole thing passes through us, making us feel both eternal and insignificant. Though it leaves no doubt about the coming end of the human species, Deborah Stratman’s film offers a surprising sense of comfort, where beauty envelops as much as it chills. Last Things leaves us with a joyful promise: hope will outlive us.

Baume Moinet-Marillaud
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