Whentheendoftheworldisannounced,RobinsonLabordeisrecoveringfromafailedloveaffair,forwhichhehaddecidedtoleavehiswife.Despitetheloomingdisaster,orperhapsbecauseofit,heembarksonaromanticodysseythattakeshimthroughFranceandSpain.WithacastincludingCatherineFrot,KarinViardandSergiLopez,LesDerniersjoursdumonderevisitsArnaudandJean-MarieLarrieu’sfavouredthemesoffreedom,randomencounters,anddesireinthemodeofaHollywooddisastermovie.Thefilmflirtswithsciencefiction,butalsoresonateswithcontemporaryrealityinitsdepictionofthedangersofamysteryvirus.Butthemainstoryisage-old:thesoul-searchingofamanseekingloveinachaoticworld.2009TorontoInternationalFilmFestival2009LocarnoInternationalFilmFestival
