Movie

The Last Family

2016 · 124 min

A slow, intimate portrait of an artistic family's decades-long unraveling, heavy with grief and quiet tension.

Tagline: Family Life Isn't Always Sunshine and Rainbows
Overview: Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the couple's aging mothers. His daily painting to classical music eventually pays off and he makes a name for himself in contemporary art. Good Catholic woman Zofia tries to hold the family together, but troubled son Tomasz proves to be a handful with his violent outbursts and suicidal threats. Their relief is brief when he starts dating women and becomes a radio presenter and movie translator, and the concerned parents must be on constant watch to prevent their son from hurting himself. But Beksiński never believed that family life would always be sunshine and rainbows. As he tapes everything with his beloved camcorder, the 28-year Beksiński saga unfolds through paintings, near-death experiences, dance music trends and funerals...
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, art, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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