The Last Supper (La última cena) in 4K
The Last Supper (La última cena) in 4K
Restoration World Premiere
Restoration World Premiere
An allegory about the religious hypocrisy of colonial society, The Last Supper is a masterpiece from beginning to end. In 18th century Havana, the Count de Casa Bayona (Nelson Villagra) calms his conscience by gathering twelve enslaved men for a Holy Thursday reenactment of The Last Supper, washing their feet and inviting them to his table. This leads to unpredictable consequences. Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, dissatisfied with the frustrating experience filming A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1971), continued the search for his own truth, and a collective truth, in the labyrinths of history.
Adapted from a note by Luciano Castillo, director, Cinemateca de Cuba.
DIRECTED BY: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. WRITTEN BY: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, María Eugenia Haya, Tomás González. WITH: Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José Antonio Rodríguez. 1976. 113 min. Cuba. Color. Spanish with English subtitles. 4K DCP. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive in coordination with the Cinemateca de Cuba, the ICAIC, and the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique.
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