The Last Chapter
This sympathetic documentary follows the lives of first-generation retired immigrants living in Finland.
Mohamed El Aboudi’s documentary The Last Chapter follows three aging immigrants in Finland—Justine, Sisto, and Ben Allal—as they reflect deeply on identity, death, belonging, and loneliness.
Justine, a retired pharmacist originally from Uganda, considers burial traditions and longs to be laid to rest in her homeland. Sisto, from Sudan, misses his family deeply and strives to balance his life built in Finland with his yearning for his loved ones. Ben Allal, from Morocco, lives with his beloved wife and works tirelessly on his art, which is richly infused with memories and cultural heritage. The film examines everyday joys, love, and multicultural beauty with the same emotional intensity it brings to longing, solitude, and mortality. It gives visibility to elderly immigrants, whose lives and experiences are often overlooked in public discussion.
The Last Chapter is Mohamed El Aboudi’s fifth feature-length documentary—his earlier work includes School of Hope (2021). Produced by Icebreaker Productions, the film received the Best Documentary Project Award at Finnish Film Affair in 2022—an important recognition of its thematic depth and cinematic vision.
Heta Heikkala
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