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Freud's Last Session

Freud's Last Session

Drama · 2023

On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.

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Freud's Last Session

“September 3, 1939. The world is on the brink. A monumental session with two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century over the future of mankind and the existence of God.”

2023 Drama 1h 49m

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6.6 / 10

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On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Matt Brown

Written by

Mark St. Germain · Matt Brown

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Sigmund Freud

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

C. S. Lewis

Liv Lisa Fries

Liv Lisa Fries

Anna Freud

Jodi Balfour

Jodi Balfour

Dorothy Burlingham

Jeremy Northam

Jeremy Northam

Ernest Jones

Stephen Campbell Moore

Stephen Campbell Moore

J. R. R. Tolkien

Orla Brady

Orla Brady

Janie Moore

Court is in session

Put Freud's Last Session on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.