The Last Five Minutes (2024)
Teenager Finn and his mother rush to visit his ailing grandmother, who’s been placed in a soulless long-term care home on the opposite side of the country. When Finn’s mother steps away momentarily, he discovers his grandmother’s silent suffering. In an awkward moment, Finn musters the courage to express empathy and concern, initiating a conversation. As the crisis unfolds, his grandmother, in desperate pleas, implores Finn to assist her in ending her pain and suffering. With his mother’s return imminent, Finn faces a gut-wrenching decision: obey his mother’s wishes or fulfill his grandmother’s final request. The climatic action occurs as he struggles with this life-altering choice, shaping not only his relationship with his grandmother but also revealing the complex dynamics of love, compassion, and mortality within the family
Director: Max Zakharov
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Linda McLachlan as Eleanor |
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Jackson Zielke as The Last Five Minutes |
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Claire Broome as Anne |
| Directing | Max Zakharov | Director |
| Camera | Dylan Merrick | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mathew Lippa | Sound |
| Directing | Owen Broome | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Abeer Syed | Editor |
| Production | Thomas Freire | Producer |