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When John Jones returned home from medical school for a Thanksgiving visit with his wife and 2-year-old daughter, he could not have anticipated that his mortal journey would end 28 hours later, 150 feet underground, at the dead end of a popular cave. Despite the heroic efforts of rescue crews, they were not able to free John's body from the narrow tunnel where he had become stuck while exploring with his brothers and friends. But that doesn't mean John and others weren't saved in a real sense that day. The Last Decent proves the power of love and family can overcome anything...even death.

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Bringing a documentarian’s sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman (Guslagie Malanda) accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving complex themes of mother-daughter bonds, immigrant alienation, and postcolonial trauma into a piercing portrait of two mysteriously connected women, Diop forgoes mere questions of guilt and innocence in order to plumb the unsettling unknowability of the human soul. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New and archival interviews with director Alice Diop Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director’s Cut – A DGA Podcast Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Padjemi Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Saint Omer (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]