The Last Journey

The Last Journey (2021)

Le Dernier Voyage

The red moon threatens our existence on earth. Our only hope is the enigmatic Paul WR, the most talented astronaut of its generation. But few hours before the start of the mission, Paul disappears.

Date of release
2021-05-19
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (198)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Science Fiction, Adventure
Director
Romain Quirot

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Ouarzazate and Casablanca

Last Journey of Paul W.R. is a science fiction film directed by Romain Quirot, which premiered at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival in September 2020 and opened at the Sitges Film Festival where it also celebrated its international premier. It is the feature-length sequel to Quirot's short film The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.R

Production

The low-budget sci-fi film was directed by Romain Quirot. The premise and the character Paul WR he already used it in his short film Le Dernier Voyage de l'énigmatique Paul W.R., which celebrated its international premiere in April 2016 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film won Best Science Fiction Short Film at the Berlin Short Film Festival.

The director went back into the universe of Paul W.R. for the feature film adaptation and added elements of a road movie and the character of the teenager Elma. Quirot told Bulles de Culture that Elma is one of the characters he feels closest to, that of an im in a collapsing world and has a desperate father who no longer believes in anything.

As in the short film, Hugo Becker plays the only remaining astronaut, Paul W.R., in the title role, while up-and-coming actress Lya Oussadit-Lessert plays the young Elma who works alongside him. Becker explained that it was important that Paul W.R. meets someone who makes him think, but who he needs to protect at the same time. Thus, the two acted as each other's shields, but in different ways.

Filming took place in Paris and in the city of Ouarzazate in southern Morocco and in the desert there. As in Quirot's short film, Jean-Paul Agostini acted as cameraman. Olivier Seiler was responsible for the set design. In order to give the film a French look and thus break away from US science fiction film templates, Quirot deliberately used a Peugeot as the airworthy car of the future.

The soundtrack was contributed by Etienne Forget. The composer, with whom the director also worked on his short film, reused some of the original track. The soundtrack album with 15 pieces of music was released by Music Box Publishing for download at the end of July 2021.

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