The Last Journey

Australian Premiere

This remarkable and life-affirming docu-comedy from renowned Swedish TV-duo Filip and Fredrik is a deeply moving real-life adventure about rekindling your spark for life, and a beautiful ode to the indignities of aging that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures.

When Lars Hammar retires after 40 years as a beloved French teacher in Köping, he envisions a lovely "third age" filled with travel, wine and precious time with his wife Tiina ahead of him. But it doesn't turn out the way he planned. Instead of enjoying the good things in life, Lars becomes increasingly passive and recalcitrant at home in his leather armchair, to the great frustration and despair of both Tiina and their son Filip. Then Filip gets an idea: to take his frail old father to his beloved France to revisit the places he loved most in life. Filip enlists his best friend Fredrik, and the trio hit the road in an old orange Renault 4.

Sweden’s submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and now the most watched documentary in Swedish history, The Last Journey screens exclusively at Europa! Europa as a Special Presentation ahead of its release.

Festivals & Awards

Academy Awards – Sweden’s submission for the Best International Feature Film