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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Donna Ferguson

‘Her waters break and the flood comes’: author behind new Jodie Comer film on motherhood in an apocalyptic London

Jodie Comer starring in The End We Start From.
Jodie Comer stars as a mother with a newborn baby in The End We Start From. ‘I wanted to ground the climate emergency in personal experience,’ says Megan Hunter. ‘It’s not just a piece of news or a piece of data.’ Photograph: Anika Molnar

At an unknown point in the near future, a woman is giving birth. As her contractions start, her home in London is flooded and, as her baby is born, it becomes clear that a climate catastrophe of biblical proportions has begun. A sea of water invades the city as the woman takes her first postpartum, post-apocalyptic pee, then flees for higher ground with her newborn in a car seat.

So begins the story of a new survival film starring the British actor Jodie Comer. The End We Start From goes on general release in UK and Irish cinemas from Friday and has a star-studded cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Fry, Gina McKee, Nina Sosanya and Mark Strong all appear alongside Comer.

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