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The End of Time

The End of Time

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 12, 2012

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

75%

Original Title

The End of Time

Production Companies

Grimthorpe Film, Maximage, ONF | NFB, SRG SSR, ARTE GEIE, SRF

Director

Peter Mettler

Description

Working at the limits of what can easily be expressed, filmmaker Peter Mettler takes on the elusive subject of time, and once again turns his camera to filming the unfilmable. From the particle accelerator in Switzerland, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii which have overwhelmed all but one home on the south side of Big Island; from the disintegration of inner-city Detroit, to a Hindu funeral rite near the place of Buddha's enlightenment, Mettler explores our perception of time. He dares to dream the movie of the future while also immersing us in the wonder of the everyday. THE END OF TIME, at once personal, rigorous and visionary, Peter Mettler has crafted a film as compelling and magnificent as its subject.