Last Days of the Victim

Last Days of the Victim
Directed byAdolfo Aristarain
Written byAdolfo Aristarain
José Pablo Feinmann
Based onLast Days of the Victim
by José Pablo Feinmann
Produced byHéctor Olivera
Luis Osvaldo Repetto
StarringFederico Luppi
Soledad Silveyra
Ulises Dumont
Julio de Grazia [es]
CinematographyHoracio Maira
Edited byEduardo López
Music byEmilio Kauderer
Production
company
Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Distributed byAries Cinematográfica Argentina
Release date
  • 8 April 1982 (1982-04-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Last Days of the Victim (Spanish: Últimos días de la víctima) is a 1982 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi.[1] It was written by Aristarain and José Pablo Feinmann, and based on Feinmann's classic novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 23rd position.[3] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 36th position.[4]

Plot

Mendizábal, a professional hitman, is ordered by his anonymous client to spy and murder a wealthy man. But while in his precise and obsessive pursuit, Mendizábal slowly realizes he is being part of a mysterious game of cat and mouse, which itself is tied to a chain of many personal interests.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Los últimos días de la víctima". Bafici. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
  4. ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.


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