Last Call (1999 film) explained

Last Call
Director:Christine Lucas
Producer:Juan Harting
Music:Andreas Bodenhöfer
Cinematography:Antonio Farías
Editing:Danielle Fillios
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Chile
United States
Language:English

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

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

Release dates

Notes and References

  1. News: Juan Harting: El Productor Más Controvertido del Cine Chileno . Juan Harting: The Most Controversial Producer of Chilean Film . . Spanish . 2000-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081808/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id=%7B46df2d28-722f-4ac2-b9e3-4786f9f53c71%7D . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2019-08-31.
  2. News: Filman películas chilenas en inglés para entrar al mercado internacional . Chilean Films are Shot in English to Enter the International Market . . Spanish . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060433/http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id= . 2016-03-04 . dead . 2019-08-31.
  3. Last Call . Robert . Koehler . . 1999-08-16 . 2019-08-31.