Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Prologue: Companion to Latin American Film
- Dedication
- Introduction to Latin American Film
- 1 ¡Qué Viva México! (Long Live Mexico, 1931), Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
- 2 Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned, 1950), Directed by Luis Buñuel
- 3 Dos Tipos de Cuidado (Two Types of Care, 1952), Directed by Ismael Rodríguez
- 4 Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus, 1959), Directed by Marcel Camus
- 5 Memorias Del Subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment, 1968), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 6 Lucía (1968), Directed by Humberto Solás
- 7 El Chacal de Nahueltoro (The Jackal of Nahueltoro, 1969), Directed by Miguel Littín
- 8 Yawar Mallku: La Sangre Del Cóndor (The Blood of the Condor, 1969), Directed by Jorge Sanjinés
- 9 La Batalla de Chile (The Battle of Chile, 1975–1979), Directed by Patricio Guzmán
- 10 La Última Cena (The Last Supper, 1977), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 11 Pixote: A Lei Do Mais Fraco (Pixote: The Law of the Weakest, 1980), Directed by Héctor Babenco
- 12 El Norte (The North, 1983), Directed by Gregory Nava
- 13 Camila (1984), Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
- 14 La Historia Oficial (The Official Version, 1984), Directed by Luis Puenzo
- 15 Cartas Del Parque (Letters in the Park, 1989), Co-Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Gabriel García Márquez
- 16 La Tarea (Homework, 1989), Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
- 17 Yo, La Peor de Todas (I, the Worst of all, 1990), Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
- 18 La Frontera (The Frontier, 1991), Directed by Ricardo Larraín
- 19 El Viaje (1991) the Voyage, Directed by Fernando Solanas
- 20 Fresa Y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate, 1993), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 21 Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate, 1993), Directed by Alfonso Arau, Based on the Novel of the Same Name by Laura Esquivel
- 22 Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998), Directed by Walter Salles
- 23 Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch, 2000), Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 24 Y Tu Mamá También (and Your Mother Too, 2001), Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- 25 Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002), Directed by Fernando Meirelles
- Guide to Further Reading
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
10 - La Última Cena (The Last Supper, 1977), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Plates
- Prologue: Companion to Latin American Film
- Dedication
- Introduction to Latin American Film
- 1 ¡Qué Viva México! (Long Live Mexico, 1931), Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
- 2 Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned, 1950), Directed by Luis Buñuel
- 3 Dos Tipos de Cuidado (Two Types of Care, 1952), Directed by Ismael Rodríguez
- 4 Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus, 1959), Directed by Marcel Camus
- 5 Memorias Del Subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment, 1968), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 6 Lucía (1968), Directed by Humberto Solás
- 7 El Chacal de Nahueltoro (The Jackal of Nahueltoro, 1969), Directed by Miguel Littín
- 8 Yawar Mallku: La Sangre Del Cóndor (The Blood of the Condor, 1969), Directed by Jorge Sanjinés
- 9 La Batalla de Chile (The Battle of Chile, 1975–1979), Directed by Patricio Guzmán
- 10 La Última Cena (The Last Supper, 1977), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 11 Pixote: A Lei Do Mais Fraco (Pixote: The Law of the Weakest, 1980), Directed by Héctor Babenco
- 12 El Norte (The North, 1983), Directed by Gregory Nava
- 13 Camila (1984), Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
- 14 La Historia Oficial (The Official Version, 1984), Directed by Luis Puenzo
- 15 Cartas Del Parque (Letters in the Park, 1989), Co-Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Gabriel García Márquez
- 16 La Tarea (Homework, 1989), Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
- 17 Yo, La Peor de Todas (I, the Worst of all, 1990), Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
- 18 La Frontera (The Frontier, 1991), Directed by Ricardo Larraín
- 19 El Viaje (1991) the Voyage, Directed by Fernando Solanas
- 20 Fresa Y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate, 1993), Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- 21 Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate, 1993), Directed by Alfonso Arau, Based on the Novel of the Same Name by Laura Esquivel
- 22 Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998), Directed by Walter Salles
- 23 Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch, 2000), Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 24 Y Tu Mamá También (and Your Mother Too, 2001), Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
- 25 Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002), Directed by Fernando Meirelles
- Guide to Further Reading
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Cast
The Count, played by Nelson Villagra
Also Featuring
Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José A. Rodríguez, Samuel Claxton, Mario Balsameda, Idelfonso Tamayo, Julio Hernández, Tito Junco, Andrés Cortina, Manuel Puig, Francisco Borroto, Alfredo O’Farril, Mario Acea, Peki Pérez, Mirta Ibarra, José Díaz, Elio Mesa, Luis Salvador Romero, Leandro M. Espinosa
Crew
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Director’s assistants: Constante Diego, Zita Morrina, and Roberto Viña
Script: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Screenplay: Tomás González and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, with collaboration from
María Eugenia Haya and Constante Diego
Director of Photography: Mario García Joya
Camera operators: Mario García Joya, Julio Valdés
Music: Leo Brouwer
Sound: Germinal Hernánez
Editing: Nelson Rodríguez
Scenography: Carlos Arditti
Wardrobe Design: Jesús Ruiz, Lidia Lavallet
Make-up: Magdalena Alvarez and Marta Rosa Vinent
Head of production: Santiago Llapur, Camilo Vives
Produced by: Cuban Cinema Institute
Awards
Golden Columbus Jury’s Prize, III Week of Latin American Cinema, Huelva, Spain, 1976
First Golden Hugo Prize, XIII International Film Festival, Chicago, USA, 1977
Notable Film of the Year, London Film Festival, UK, 1977
Best Foreign Film exhibited in Venezuela, Venezuelan Film Critics, Caracas, 1978
Grand Prize, VII International Film Cinema, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 1978
First Prize, Iberian and Latin American Film Festival, Biarritz, France, 1978
Plot
The film is set just after the Haitian revolution of 1795 on a sugar plantation in Cuba, taking place over Holy Week. Wednesday in Holy Week. The Count of Casa Bayona arrives at the plantation and hears from his overseer (mayoral) that a slave has escaped. Tour of the sugar refinery in which the Count is introduced to the educated French sugarmaster, Don Gaspar. Cut to a scene in which Manuel drags the runaway slave (Sebastián) back to the plantation, and cuts his ear off, throwing it to the dogs to eat it. The Count – taken aback by this barbarity – decides to make amends by treating his slaves better, and in particular by re-enacting the Last Supper. In the chapel the Count washes the slaves’ feet, echoing the Last Supper. Manuel leaves the chapel in disgust. Maundy Thursday. The Count wines and dines his twelve ‘disciples’ in a re-enactment of the Last Supper. The Count has Sebastián seated on his right hand side, but Sebastián spits in his face.
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- A Companion to Latin American Film , pp. 83 - 90Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2004