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Last Supper, The (1976)

DVD/APPROX. 110 MINS./1976/US NR

Main feature:

Release Mar 11, 2008
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles English
Studio New Yorker
Year 1976
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Scene Selection
  • Booklet Interview With Director Tomas Gutierrez Alea

Synopsis:

Photographed with a lush palette, this startling beautiful masterpiece is based on an actual historical incident from 18th century Cuban history. The Last Supper is a dazzling moral tale of a pious, guilt ridden and wealthy slaveholder who decides to improve his soul and instruct his slaves in the glories of Christianity by casting himself as Christ, and inviting 12 of the slaves from his sugarcane plantation to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper. The centerpiece of the film is lengthy and brilliantly sustained supper scene, a sardonic tour de force that combines the blasphemous ironies of Viridiana with an undercurrent of imminent political reckoning.

The Last Supper is a fascinating film, revealing the intricate social relationships of plantation life, the brutalities of slavery and the African cultural heritage preserved by the salves. A provocative and engrossing tale dealing with the universal theme of guilt and the never ending human desire for freedom.

Cast and Crew:

New Yorker presents
Nelson VillagraSilvano ReyMario BalmasedaSamuel ClaxtonJose Antonia Rodriguez"Last Supper, The (1976)"
directed byTomás Gutiérrez Alea
Production Year: 1976

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