The End We Start From (15)

The screening on Wed 14 Feb at 2pm will have descriptive subtitles.

The End We Start From is based on a novel of the same name by author Megan Hunter. Making its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman (Jodie Comer) and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.

Catch Director Mahalia Belo and star Jodie Comer discuss The End We Start From.

‘Jodie Comer is phenomenal in end-of-days survival thriller’ – ★★★★★ The Guardian

‘smart eco-thriller has mainstream oomph’ – Financial Times

‘Jodie Comer shines in all too believable disaster drama’ ★★★★ The Guardian

Director- Mahilla Belo

Cast- Jodie Comer, Benedict Cumberbatch, Katherine Waterson

• Information about screenings with descriptive subtitles

  Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who can watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].

• Seating accessibility information

  Cinema

  Seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing box.office@arconline.co.uk - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• BBFC rating information (may contain spoilers)

  Violence

  A man aggressively confronts another and grabs him by his collar during a scuffle. Verbal references are made to a woman being trampled to death during a desperate scramble for food.

  Threat and horror

  A group of masked gunmen storm a shelter to ransack its food supplies, causing characters to flee in terror. A lone pregnant woman begins to go into labour during a natural disaster.

  Language

  Occasional strong language (‘f**k’) occurs, as well as milder terms such as ‘bloody’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’ and ‘God’.

  Sex

  There is a scene of implied masturbation, with limited detail. There is also an isolated sexualised use of the term ‘f**k’.

  Suicide

  It is implied that a man takes his own life off-screen.

  Injury detail

  There is blood on a character’s clothing and on a shovel in the aftermath of off-screen violence. .

  Nudity

  A scene of childbirth contains brief female genital nudity. There are also scenes of breast nudity, however, these also occur within a natural context.

  Theme

  Characters experience psychological trauma after a natural disaster uproots their family. References are made to death and bereavement.