

Freud's Last Session
September 3, 1939. The world is on the brink. A monumental session with two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century over the future of mankind and the existence of God.
On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $1.7M
- Language
- English
- world war ii
- based on true story
- author
- historical fiction
- belief in god
- psychiatry
- 1940s
- 1930s
- lesbian
- independent film
- sigmund freud
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAFI Fest27 Oct 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1322 Dec 2023
- TheatricalPG-1319 Jan 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A14 Jun 2024
- Digital / OTT1229 Jul 2024
- Digital / OTT12Sky Cinema/Now TV13 Oct 2024
- Physical12DVD / Blu-ray28 Oct 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM18 Apr 2024
- PhysicalM5 Feb 2025
CanadaCA
- Theatrical12 Jan 2024
- Digital / OTT19 Mar 2024
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT1419 Mar 2024
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival14 Jun 2024
FranceFR
- Theatrical4 Jun 2025
- TVCiné+ OCS8 Dec 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1219 Dec 2024
GreeceGR
- Theatrical23 May 2024
IsraelIL
- Theatrical20 Jun 2024
- Theatrical21 Aug 2025
- Theatrical9 Apr 2026
ItalyIT
- Theatrical28 Nov 2024
LithuaniaLT
- TheatricalN-1315 Nov 2024
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Freud's Last Session was released on 22 December 2023.
Audience reviews
3- H2/10
Horseface
3/29/2024
I lasted forty-five minutes with this one. The premise was intriguing, and the semi-low score could easily be attributed to people finding a slow-pace talkie boring, or people on either side of the theist/atheist aisle being offended. As an atheist, who was brought up Christian, and who enjoys debates on religiosity between intelligent opponents, this seemed right up my alley. And I do like Anthony Hopkins. Esp…
- B8/10
Brent Marchant
4/29/2024
Near the end of his life in 1939, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) held one last session at his London home after fleeing the encroaching Nazi oppression in his native Vienna. At that time, just as the German blitzkrieg against Poland was beginning, Freud is said to have met with an Oxford scholar, believed to be author and theologian C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode), in a lengthy session in which the duo discussed a variet…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/18/2024
Though there is no evidence that this meeting ever actually happened, it does make for quite an intriguing premise. Renowned, but ailing, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (Sir Anthony Hopkins) invites Oxford University professor C.S. "Jack" Lewis (Matthew Goode) for a conversation. The latter man is late which irks his host, especially when his daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) has to leave him to go to work and he is runnin…
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