'4:44 Last Day On Earth' Trailer: Willem Dafoe Waits For The End Of The World

The latest film from Abel Ferrara, one of the most dedicated indie filmmakers working, is 4:44 Last Day on Earth, which presents a story in which the world is about to end. Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh play a couple living in New York, and we watch as they live through what may be their last hours, as the world is supposedly going to end at 4:44 AM the next day. Reviews of the movie weren't great when it premiered at festivals last year, but this trailer is fairly convincing.

It's taking me a minute to get past one thing in this trailer, which is that it seems to feature a new song from Tom Waits. That's not the case, though — the score, and the trailer song are by a guy named Francis Kuipers, who sounds a whole hell of a lot like Waits.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and a video for the song contained therein.

4:44 Last Day on Earth will be released in theaters and on demand on March 23rd.

In a large apartment high above the city lives our couple. They're in love. She's a painter, he's a successful actor. Just a normal afternoon – except that this isn't a normal afternoon, for them or anyone else. Because tomorrow, at 4:44 am, give or take a few seconds, the world will come to an end far more rapidly than even the worst doomsayer could have imagined. The final meltdown will come not without warnings, but with no means of escape. There will be no survivors. As always, there are those who, as their last cigarette is being lit and the blindfold tightened, will still hope against hope for some kind of reprieve. For a miracle. Not our two lovers. They – like the majority of the Earth's population – have accepted their fate: the world is going to end.

Here's the video for 'Blindfold Blues' by Francis Kuipers.