{"id":222,"date":"2016-03-02T08:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T08:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=222"},"modified":"2017-01-23T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T20:03:07","slug":"being-alone-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/03\/being-alone-the-end.html","title":{"rendered":"Being alone: the end? \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don\u2019t have to be the last person on earth to feel lonely and emotionally distanced from people, but I can imagine what is worse is<\/em> being the last person on earth or one of a few survivors.<\/p>\n

Being the last person on earth or one of a few survivors should send shudders.<\/p>\n

Even so, being alone does not mean you are done for, even at the end of the world.<\/p>\n

Z for Zachariah<\/em> (2015), based on the novel by Robert C. O\u2019Brien, is a thought provoking and haunting film about being alone and is even uplifting.<\/p>\n

\"Margot<\/a>
Margot Robbie (Pictured) plays Ann in “Z for Zachariah”. Image sourced via google images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ann (Margot Robbie) is a survivor, living in a house in the country, alone.<\/p>\n

All Ann knows about the outside world is that there are no human beings out there, apart from a few family members that left her to face the world by herself.<\/p>\n

She needs the beauty of the country, and her faith is a lifeline and perhaps her central source of hope in the world.<\/p>\n

Ann finds other human survivors, though.<\/p>\n

John Loomis (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Caleb (Chris Pine) are opposites, Loomis is a scientist who thinks practically, and Caleb is a simple minded miner.<\/p>\n

Both come into the action at different points in the film, with Ann their objects of desire. Eventually, both compete for her.\u00a0They are both on a quest to survive, but also on a quest to alleviate their loneliness.<\/p>\n

Loomis will put consequences before love, but despite Loomis critically assessing their circumstances, he gets jealous as a love triangle develops.<\/p>\n

The love triangle is complicated by emotions, circumstances, sex, and people who are basically different getting thrown together randomly.<\/p>\n

But were they living on the verge of new beginnings?<\/p>\n

\"Chiwetel<\/a>
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Pictured). Image sourced via google images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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