Anthony Hopkins plays elderly Sigmund Freud in new film

Anthony Hopkins, approaching 90, stars as an elderly Sigmund Freud in Matt Brown's film 'Freud. L'ultima analisi' (Freud's Last Session). The film, presented at the 2023 AFI Film Festival, is inspired by Armand Nicholi's essay 'The Question of God'. Set in London on September 3, 1939, as World War II looms, Freud—recently escaped from the Nazi regime with his daughter—receives a visit from Oxford professor C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode). The two engage in a debate on faith, humanity's future, and God's existence. The cast includes Liv Lisa Fries as Anna Freud, Jodi Balfour as Dorothy Burlingham, and Stephen Campbell Moore as J.R.R. Tolkien. Distributed in Italy by Adler Entertainment, the film opens in Italian theaters on November 28. Despite mixed critical reception, the film addresses universal themes: war trauma, faith, mortality, family bonds, love, and physical drives, explored through Anna Freud's relationship with her father and Dorothy.