And the Lord said, I will destroy the face of the land of men whom I have made. Such an unusual film and mystically mockingly the last in the career of the only actor - Robert Strauss. In fact, the only actor we see. Noah is the last man on Earth. In the end, people “finished” – nuclear war swept away everything in its path, burned out the last piece of humanity. The only survivor, a U.S. Army sergeant, moors on an island in the Pacific Ocean, once a former Chinese military base. Gradually, Noah overcomes the painful, pressing and – what is worse – endless, eternal loneliness that forces him to create first one imaginary person, then another, and then recreate the whole civilization, humanity with its pros and cons, gifts, flaws.
At the beginning of the film is a small excerpt from Genesis about Noah. It immediately sets its pace, causing healthy alertness. An attentive person will be able to see how the film will end. But what else could be the result, he is the last man on earth!
The film has a difficult history of creation. She went through a lot of rehearsals to at least be viewed by the audience. Noah is Daniel Burle's only directorial work, which he directed based on a short story by Abraham Hefner, so to speak, "for himself." Towards the end, the film changes critically, the character is either completely overcome by madness, or driven by the ghosts of the past. And it was this part that finally prompted me to write a review. Historical radio chronicles, intertwined, shouting each other, echo the thunder and indulge in the sheer rain, among which Noah rushes like a wounded beast. Robert Strauss perfectly played all the shades of madness, suffocating loneliness and, as a result, endless grief.
The film evokes mixed feelings, but it's definitely a memorable picture. I was initially interested in the idea of being the last person on Earth. This is a slightly strange but very sad variation.