An emotional and hilarious story with a life-affirming message, The Last Journey is a cinematic experience that explores a loving son’s attempts to coax his aging father into reengaging with life by embarking on a joyous, heartfelt road trip through the South of France.
The Garden Cinema View:
Filip & Frederick are an extremely popular TV double act in their native Sweden, and that style permeates The Last Journey which feels, at times, like an extended episode of television. There are a number of sequences that feel artificially constructed, and are designed to recreate Frederick’s father Lars’ memories of France - a bit like Good Bye, Lenin!. Beneath these sometimes awkwardly construed moments, and the documentary's sentimental music, is Lars himself. It is very touching to watch a man, who lived a good life, undertake a clearly very demanding trip. And it is hard not to be moved when witnessing his seemingly authentic emotional reactions to places, sights, and music that has touched his life.
