Last Call (1999 film)

Last Call
Directed byChristine Lucas
Screenplay by
  • Jorge Durán
  • Christine Lucas
  • David T. Page
Produced byJuan Harting
Starring
CinematographyAntonio Farías
Edited byDanielle Fillios
Music byAndreas Bodenhöfer
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 3 January 1999 (1999-01-03) (Chile)
  • 8 August 1999 (1999-08-08) (US)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesChile
United States
LanguageEnglish

Last Call is a Chilean-American psychological thriller film. It was released in Chile on 3 January 1999, and in the United States on 8 August 1999 at the Hollywood Film Festival.

As it is a collaboration between both countries, and a Chilean production aimed at the American market, the dialogue is in English. It features American and Chilean actors such as Bastián Bodenhöfer, Elizabeth Berkley, Peter Coyote, and Lorene Prieto.[1][2]

Plot

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In a central apartment building in Santiago, three foreigners wait impatiently for a call to carry out an illegal operation in the desert. In her apartment, Helena, a lonely American woman, waits for her lover. Upstairs, Nico settles in his brother's apartment. As time goes by, tension increases, intertwining these characters' lives in a sordid and oppressive environment.[3]

Cast

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Release dates

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  • 3 January 1999 – Chile
  • 8 August 1999 – United States (Hollywood Film Festival)[3]
  • 5 June 2007 – DVD release in Canada and United States

References

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  1. ^ "Juan Harting: El Productor Más Controvertido del Cine Chileno" [Juan Harting: The Most Controversial Producer of Chilean Film]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Filman películas chilenas en inglés para entrar al mercado internacional" [Chilean Films are Shot in English to Enter the International Market]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Koehler, Robert (16 August 1999). "Last Call". Variety. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
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