Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.Freud invites iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.
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Anna Amalie Blomeyer
- Ilsa
- (as Anna Blomeyer)
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Did you know
- TriviaAnthony Hopkins had previously portrayed C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands (1993) 30 years prior to this film.
- GoofsSigmund Freud recalls to Anna Freud their previous meeting with Albert Einstein where Einstein says that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Though this is a quotation often attributed to Albert Einstein, it more likely originates from Al-Anon and Narcotics Anonymous groups in the early 1980s.
- Quotes
J.R.R. Tolkien: Jack, when you read myths about gods that come to Earth and sacrifice themselves, their stories move you, so long as you read it anywhere but the Bible.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Project: Episode dated 19 April 2024 (2024)
- SoundtracksVariations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, 'Enigma' Variation 9: Nimrod
Composed by Edward Elgar
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Featured review
Neither Convinced Me
It's 1939 on the very eve of declaration of War in London. Oxford don C. S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) calls upon Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) at his invitation. He passes Anna Freud (Liv Lisa Fries) as she goes out to lecture and ponder whether she will reveal her lesbian affair to her father. Meanwhile, the two men attack each other's philosophical beliefs.
And that's what the movie is, two men talking, interrupted occasionally by flashbacks to their younger days and air raid to lend this stage play some cinematic credibility. In this made-up scenario -- although the story is that an Oxford don visited Freud shortly before his death, the claim, as here, that it was Lewis, is a fabrication of the play and movie -- they argue around each other, and finally agree only that people are afraid of death.
The rest of it.... well, Freud's beliefs are at the end of his life (he died three weeks after the supposed events of this film), while there are plenty of things that Lewis did say until twenty years after. As for the basic disagreement about religion versus science, that's a non-conflict; as smarter people than I have declared, science is about how, not why. If G*d created the universe we live in, thanks a lot.
Both men are fine actors and easily translate the script into natural-sounding words. I have no idea if Hopkins' accent is a good representation of the Viennese one; Kohli Calhoun is listed as the dialect coach.
And that's what the movie is, two men talking, interrupted occasionally by flashbacks to their younger days and air raid to lend this stage play some cinematic credibility. In this made-up scenario -- although the story is that an Oxford don visited Freud shortly before his death, the claim, as here, that it was Lewis, is a fabrication of the play and movie -- they argue around each other, and finally agree only that people are afraid of death.
The rest of it.... well, Freud's beliefs are at the end of his life (he died three weeks after the supposed events of this film), while there are plenty of things that Lewis did say until twenty years after. As for the basic disagreement about religion versus science, that's a non-conflict; as smarter people than I have declared, science is about how, not why. If G*d created the universe we live in, thanks a lot.
Both men are fine actors and easily translate the script into natural-sounding words. I have no idea if Hopkins' accent is a good representation of the Viennese one; Kohli Calhoun is listed as the dialect coach.
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- Mar 23, 2024
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- Also known as
- La última sesión de Freud
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- Gross US & Canada
- $906,283
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $45,590
- Dec 24, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $1,267,640
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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