THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION
Dir. James Ivory

IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 14

USA, 118 mins
PG (Mild themes)

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Based on the novel by Peter Cameron, James Ivory’s THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION stars Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, three-time Academy Award nominee Laura Linney and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi has been awarded a grant to write the biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. When Gund’s estate unexpectedly denies Omar authorisation, Omar is urged by his girlfriend to travel to Uruguay and petition the executor to change their minds.

The Gund “family,” living together on the author’s isolated and decaying estate, includes Gund’s widow, his mistress, her young daughter, Gund’s brother, and his partner. Omar’s unannounced arrival upsets their fragile co-existence and causes all to question their own circumstances, which in turn leads Omar himself to question to what degree, if any; he has been the author of his own existence up until now.