With his pale face, penetrating gaze and inscrutable expression, which is both sad and scary, he could have walked straight out of one of the old classics of the silver screen. Sylvain is the cinephile operator of a small neighbourhood cinema. French Cancan (1954) by Jean Renoir is one of his favourites. But his love for film also has a darker side. At night, he turns into a chilling murderer who preys on women who wear earrings. We are worried sick about the young actress who is about to make her debut in the play Phèdre by Jean Racine and innocently falls in love with Sylvain.
Laurent Achard, who was given a Tiger Award in 1999 for Plus qu’hier, moins que demain, brings an ode to cinema with Last Screening (Dernière séance) in the form of a modest yet no less exciting and nerve-wracking horror film. He supplely adapts genre conventions – for instance, there is a complete absence of thriller music, so the icy screams are even more devastating.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 81'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
