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THE LAST BATH (O último banho)
dir. David Bonneville Duration: 94 min Country: Portugal Language: Português Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.de / Amazon.com.au / Amazon Italia / Amazon.es / Amazon.com.mx / Amazon.ca / Amazon.nl |
Josefina has embraced a life dedicated to the church. But when she becomes responsible for her teenage nephew Alexandre, she struggles to reconcile her religious calling as gradually nephew and aunt connect with an unexpected level of intensity.
WRITTEN BY: David Bonneville, Diego Rocha
CAST: Anabela Moreira, Martim Canavarro, Margarida Moreira
PRODUCED BY: Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado
CAST: Anabela Moreira, Martim Canavarro, Margarida Moreira
PRODUCED BY: Joana Ferreira, Isabel Machado
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
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David Bonneville was born in Oporto in 1978 and is a screenwriter and director. His short film CIGANO premiered at Locarno, Guadalajara, and SXSW; it won several best film, screenplay, directing, and audience Awards. L'ARC-EN-CIEL premiered at Fantasporto and won the Best Actress Award at the Mostralíngua Festival. HEIKO was nominated at IndieLisboa, Slamdance and Transylvania Film Festival. It won the award for best short film at the MIX: CPH. David began his career as an assistant to Palme d'Or winner Manoel de Oliveira as well as Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon. He regularly mentors and lectures at the University of Westminster, The Actors Center, and various other national and international structures. THE LAST BATH is his first feature film.
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
The idea for "The Last Bath" is based on the true story of an almost miraculous birth of a baby boy in an ageing and sparsely populated area in the interior of Portugal. I was fascinated to bring together two seemingly opposite poles – youth, this attraction for the singular and exceptional in a desolate place – and religion, which is still deeply rooted and important in the village populations of inland Portugal. "The Last Bath" is a film about self-discovery and facing our true individuality despite our self-imposed obligations, beliefs or society's pressures. Some of the roles we are made to play and believe in, may be unequivocally mistaken. At whichever point in life we find ourselves, these realizations and subsequent acceptance will lead us to liberation. - David Bonneville