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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2007 |
Video Shows -- 21st Century Silents |
| Film Title |
EL ÚLTIMO DESEO |
| Alternative Title 1 |
His Last Request |
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| Country |
Spain |
| Release Date |
2005 |
| Production Co. |
Silicon Artists, Madrid |
| Director |
Simon Birrell |
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26' |
| Archive Source |
Silicon Artists, Madrid |
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| Print Notes |
Versione con didascalie in inglese / English intertitles. |
| Cast |
| Jack Taylor (il padre/the father), Iris Díaz (l’infermiera/the nurse), Carmen Vadillo (la figlia/the daughter), Ramón Rados (l’avvocato/the lawyer) |
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| Other Credits |
| scen: Simon Birrell; prod. esec./exec. prod: Milena Ivanova; f./ph: Pablo Baudet; mont./ed: Leixandre Froufe; scg./des: Zaida Jiménez; cost: Rocio Gleizer; aiuto regia/asst. dir: Nadia Navarro |
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| Program Notes |
Giornate audiences are accustomed to “21st Century Silents” which are usually gentle and nostalgic. Simon Birrell’s film is an exception, a highly sensuous erotic short horror story. He writes, “People who ‘die with their eyes open’ are those who expire bitterly regretting the missed experience, the unfulfilled wish, or the unconsummated dream. In His Last Request, a sick father and his daughter hire an attractive young nurse to care for him during his final days. The old man soon realizes that there is one last thing he needs to do.”
The film stars the American-born legend of Spanish horror films, Jack Taylor (born 1936), who has worked with many cult figures, including Jess Franco and José Ramón Larraz, as well as with such mainstream directors as Roman Polanski and André Téchiné. (Adapted from the production notes)
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