The Last Day

Julia (Alicia Vikander), a mother and writer, begins the day anxiously preparing to host a Fourth of July party on her lavish property in Westchester, New York. As she moves through the day, she crosses paths with her preteen daughter (Eva Jade Halford), who asserts her independence; an ex-boyfriend (Wagner Moura), who has moved on with his life; and a literary agent (Marin Ireland), whom Julia wants to impress despite not having written in years.

But it’s a chance encounter with Taylor (Victoria Pedretti), a young mother, that may prove to be most significant. In many ways, Taylor’s life is far from Julia’s: She recently gave birth to her third child and is suffering from postpartum depression while preparing to return to work as a labor and delivery nurse spending long hours caring for others. While Julia spends her day running errands and handling logistics for the party, Taylor must focus on her children’s constant needs

— while trying to care for herself.

A contemporary reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, THE LAST DAY marks an emotionally transcendent debut from acclaimed visual artist Rachel Rose, examining the relationships between motherhood, creativity, and purpose, in a film about the lives we choose and the moments that quietly reshape us.