Watch Jodie Comer in the new trailer for The End We Start From

When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman 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.

Directed by BAFTA winner Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) from a script by Emmy® nominee Alice Birch (Normal People, Dead Ringers) and based on Megan Hunter’s acclaimed 2017 novel, The End We Start From stars Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Joel Fry (Cruella), Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Gina McKee (Notting Hill), Nina Sosanya (Love Actually), with Mark Strong (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog).

You can read our reviews of the film here and here.

The End We Start From is produced by Leah Clarke (The Mauritanian), Liza Marshall (Mary & George), Adam Ackland (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Amy Jackson (Aftersun) and Sophie Hunter. Executive producers are Claudia Yusef (Ali & Ava) and Eva Yates (Rye Lane) for BBC Film, Sébastien Raybaud (Greenland), Fanny Soulier, Pieter Engels, Kate Maxwell and Fani Ntavelou-Baum for Anton, Dave Caplan (Babylon) and Jason Cloth (Babylon) for C2, Lizzie Francke (Aftersun) for the BFI, and Rob Harper, in addition to Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong and Jodie Comer. The film was produced by SunnyMarch and Hera Pictures and was developed with support from BBC Film and financed by Anton, C2 Motion Picture Group, BBC Film and the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding).

The End We Start From will be released theatrically in the UK & Ireland on Friday 19th January 2024.