Last Screening ( Dernière séance )

Last Screening (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dernière séance
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
81 min + 44 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Laurent Achard

Written By:
Laurent Achard
Frédérique Moreau

Actors:
Pascal Cervo ..... Sylvain
Charlotte Van Kemmel ..... Manon
Karole Rocher ..... La mère de Sylvain
Austin Morel ..... Sylvain enfant
Brigitte Sy ..... La chauffeuse de taxi
Mireille Roussel ..... La femme au combi
Corinne Lamborot ..... La majorette
Noël Simsolo ..... M. Paul
Francine Blasquez ..... L'archittecte
Nicolas Pignon ..... Le propriétaire du cinéma
Francine Lorin-Blazquez ..... L'architecte
Charlotte Romuald ..... Mina
Pierre Sénélas ..... Le SDF
Anne Prost-Cossio ..... La spectatrice
Viviane Koupogbe ..... La femme sur le banc

Synopsis:

It's telling that noted French film critic, helmer and part-time thesp Noel Simsolo has a small role in "Last Screening," because helmer Laurent Achard's third feature plays like a private joke best shared among movie buffs. Ostensibly a psychological thriller about a cinema projectionist-cum-serial-killer who's more than a few reels short of a full feature, pic self-satisfyingly riffs on "Psycho" and "Peeping Tom," among many others, but is ultimately little more than an accomplished but empty formalist exercise, devoid of the genuine feeling that distinguished Achard's previous, "Demented." Further fest play looks likely, as well as a niche domestic release.

Creepy loner Sylvain (Achard regular Pascal Cervo) lives in the basement of a small Parisian repertory house, where he does nearly every job from selling the tickets and projecting the film to cleaning the seats afterward, although lucky for him, it's not the sort of place that sells popcorn. In fact, the joint shows only one movie every day, Jean Renoir's "French Cancan" (1954), to a handful of loyal customers, such as Monsieur Paul (Simsolo) and pretty aspiring thesp Manon (Charlotte van Kemmel), who's sweet on Sylvain.

Last Screening (French: Dernière séance) is a 2011 French horror film by Laurent Achard. The film is about Sylvain (Pascal Cervo) who is devoted to the theater, which is about to go out of business. He lives in the basement of the cinema and is the film programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night after the final screening, Sylvain leaves the theatre to perform brutal acts.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 24 November, 2012.

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