| Last Days of the Victim | |
| Director: | Adolfo Aristarain |
| Producer: | Héctor Olivera Luis Osvaldo Repetto |
| Starring: | Federico Luppi Soledad Silveyra Ulises Dumont |
| Music: | Emilio Kauderer |
| Cinematography: | Horacio Maira |
| Editing: | Eduardo López |
| Studio: | Aries Cinematográfica Argentina |
| Distributor: | Aries Cinematográfica Argentina |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
Last Days of the Victim (Spanish; Castilian: '''Últimos días de la víctima''') is a 1982 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi.[1] It was written by Aristarain and José Pablo Feinmann, and based on Feinmann's classic novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 23rd position.[3] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 36th position.[4]
Mendizábal, a professional hitman, is ordered by his anonymous client to spy and murder a wealthy man. But while in his precise and obsessive pursuit, Mendizábal slowly realizes he is being part of a mysterious game of cat and mouse, which itself is tied to a chain of many personal interests.