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The Last Bus

2021 · 88 min

A gentle, bittersweet journey through memory and loss, carried by quiet warmth and the kindness of strangers.

Tagline
Returning to the past, he found his future.
Overview
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • memory
  • love
  • aging
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon
Written by
Joe Ainsworth
Starring
Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Natalie Mitson, Ben Ewing, Patricia Panther, Saskia Ashdown, Colin McCredie, Marnie Baxter
Music
Nick Lloyd Webber
Cinematography
George Geddes
Runtime
88 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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