| The Last Train | |
| Director: | Diego Arsuaga |
| Producer: | Executive Producer: Mariela Besuievski Producers: Pablo Bossi Gerardo Herrero Oscar Kramer Carlos Mentasti |
| Starring: | Héctor Alterio Federico Luppi Pepe Soriano |
| Music: | Nicolás Baraldi Hugo Jasa |
| Cinematography: | Hans Burman |
| Editing: | Daniel Márquez Fernando Pardo |
| Studio: | Patagonik Film Group OK Films Rambla Producciones Taxi Films Telefe Tornasol Films |
| Distributor: | Buena Vista International |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina Spain Uruguay |
| Language: | Spanish |
The Last Train (Spanish; Castilian: El último tren: Corazón de fuego) is a 2002 Uruguayan and Argentine, comedy drama film, directed by Diego Arsuaga, and written by Arsuaga, Fernando León de Aranoa, and Beda Docampo Feijóo. It's also known as Corazón de fuego in Argentina.[1]
The film's executive producer was Mariela Besuievski, and it was produced by Pablo Bossi, Gerardo Herrero, Oscar Kramer, and Carlos Mentasti.
The film tells of an ambitious business man (Pauls) who wants to sell train 33, affectionately known as "Corazón de fuego," to a company in Hollywood. A group of elderly men known as "The Friends of the Rails" think that to do so would be to sell an important part of the country's history and so devise to steal the train.
The group of hijackers is led by "El Professor" (Alterio), and the train itself is driven by Pepe, who claims to have learned how to do so during the Spanish Civil War. The group is also accompanied by Dante Minetti (Soriano), who suffers from Alzheimer's, and Guito, Pepe's neighbor/friend's nine-year-old great-nephew. The escapade takes the train all across the small country, exhibiting Uruguay's vibrant landscape and varied climate, also revealing many abandoned towns and train stops.
The film was released wide in Uruguay May 31, 2002, and in Argentina on August 22, 2002.
The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Montréal World Film Festival, Canada; the Palm Springs International Film Festival, United States; the Cinémas d'Amérique Latine de Toulouse, France; the Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark; the Hamburg Film Festival, Germany; and others.
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