It's Only the End of the World | movie | 2016 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying. | dG1fcWZOVVlNT0w0eUU

Transcript

00:00How are you doing? Congratulations on the film and welcome to AFI Fest.

00:03How does it feel to screen for the AFI Fest audience tonight?

00:06It's an honour to be invited. When you see the group of people,

00:10the group of artists who are invited here, you feel lucky.

00:14What was it about this story in particular that you wanted to tell at this moment in your career?

00:18Well, I've focused a lot on the mother and son relationship,

00:21and now the fact that we could crack that open to a wider range of,

00:27well, let's say a whole family, it felt like a narrative progression.

00:32I was happy to talk about brothers and sisters, which I had never done before.

00:36It's a film about love and miscommunication.

00:41It's hard for people from the same family to get along and express love to one another,

00:49so there's a reflection there that can apply to many situations.

00:54It's always nice to have a different take on a movie with a new audience.

01:00There's a real process of identification with each of the characters in the movie.

01:07Anyone can identify to this story.