The First, The Last: NZIFF Review If it’s answers you’re after then the slightly surreal Belgian film The First, the Last is not the place to find them. Two bounty hunters Cochise and Gilou (Albert Dupontel and Bouli Lanners) are given the job of tracking down a cellphone. World weary but determined to take one last job, Gilou has health matters on his mind. However, their road trip is made worse by the fact those who’ve taken the phone aren’t leaving it switched on to encourage tracking. The young duo, Willy and Esther, believe the world is about to end, and have a mission of their own – but their route is blocked by criminal gangs all after the same thing. And waters are further muddied by the appearance of a bedraggled wanderer by the name of Jesus… Enigmatic to a fault, and aesthetically grubby and grimy, The First, The Last is a crime road trip flick that revels in its visuals. Grubby and grimy, this is a world that’s complicated by stormy skies permanently rolling overhead. In on...
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