First Look Image of Irish / UK Co-Production Freud’s Last Session Released
Posted: 11th April 2023
WestEnd films has today released the first image of Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in Freud's Last Session, an official Irish / UK co-production proudly supported by Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and the UK Global Screen Fund.
The two award-winning actors star as the legendary psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and writer and academic C.S. Lewis, prior to his Chronicles Of Narnia fame. Set on the eve of the Second World War, when at the end of his life, Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. Interweaving past, present and fantasy, the film explores Freud’s unique relationship with his daughter Anna, and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother.
Filming is at its final stages in Ireland.
The film is being directed by Matthew Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) and written by Mark St. Germain (The God Committee) with revisions by Brown, based on the play of the same name. It is produced by Alan Greisman, Hannah Leader, Rick Nicita, Robert Stillman, and Meg Thomson. Irish producers are Tristan Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan of Subotica Productions (Aisha, Joyride). Niamh Fagan is executive producer for Screen Ireland.
The project reunites Academy Award-winning Production Designer Luciana Arrighi (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris, Howards End) with director Matthew Brown, the two previously collaborated on The Man Who Knew Infinity. Cinematographer Ben Smithard (The Son, Downton Abbey) who previously worked on The Father with Hopkins has also joined the project. Costume Designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (The Banshees of Inisherin, Love & Friendship), BAFTA award winning Make-Up Designer Morna Ferguson (The Wonder), and Editor Paul Tothill (Atonement) complete the creative team.
Westend Films and CAA Media Finance are handling sales for the film. Sony Pictures Classics have bought the rights for North America, the Middle East, Turkey, India, Eastern Europe, (excluding CIS) Asia (excluding China, Korea and Japan), Latin America and worldwide airlines, and WestEnd have also struck deals across Australia (Sharmill Films), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Italy (Adler), Benelux (Just Entertainment), Portugal (NOS), Israel (United King) and Greece (Spentzos).