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The Last MealLe dernier repas

Fiction
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                                    Poster of The Last Meal

Québec cinema

presented by Hydro-Québec

Reynold is dying from stomach cancer. Gradually unable to eat normally due to his condition, he resigns himself to starving to death. Grim memories surface of how he had cheated starvation once before as a prisoner in Fort-Dimanche Prison. The last meals that he can still eat provide an opportunity to share these memories with his daughter Vanessa, who he has not seen for 20 years.

At first reluctant, Vanessa finally agrees to go see her father. With the help of her aunt, the owner of a Haitian grocery store, she prepares Haitian dishes for her father.

Over the course of these meals, a ritual develops at Reynold’s bedside as each traditional dish from his youth sparks a memory from his past. He opens up and tells his daughter for the very first time about the abuse that he suffered and, so, frees himself of a heavy burden.

And Vanessa discovers her father’s true nature: a loving father whose heart was hardened under dictatorship.

Director

Maryse Legagneur

Screenplay

Maryse Legagneur

Country

Canada - Québec

Year

2024

Duration

1h50

Category

Fiction

Language

French and Creole

Distribution

Maison 4:3
Guests View the trailer Press kit

Guests

In the presence of

Marie-Evelyne Lessard
Actrice

Trained in theater, musical comedy and camera acting, Marie-Evelyne Lessard has been working in television for the past ten years. Audiences have discovered her in popular series like 19-2, Trauma, Les Argonautes, Féminin/Féminin, Cerebrum and Hôtel, to name but a few. She has also landed several notable film roles, notably in Les manèges humains, Jusqu'au déclin - Quebec's very first Netflix project - and Le Dernier Repas. Her performance work has been recognized by numerous nominations and awards over the years.

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Will attend:

  • Tuesday, 8 April | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma
  • Sunday, 13 April | 12:30 - La Maison du Cinéma

In the presence of

François Bonneau
Producteur | ACPAV

François Bonneau establish By-Pass Films, a production company in 2007. Alongside with filmakers friend Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin, Anne Émond and others, he produces more than twenty short films that were celebrated around the world and documentaries. Parallel to his career as a producer at By-Pass Films, François has worked on several feature-length fiction and documentary films as production manager and line producer, including Antigone (Sophie Deraspe) which has been selected to this Rotterdam Film Festival edition. François joined the ACPAV's production team in 2018. He develops feature films project with contemporary themes.

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Will attend:

  • Tuesday, 8 April | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma
  • Sunday, 13 April | 12:30 - La Maison du Cinéma

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