Edition 23: 2–10 August, 2024

BALKAN DOX

The Last Resort

L'Ultima Spiaggia

Italy, Greece, France
2016 — 135' / Color

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Synopsis

L'Ultima Spiaggia (The Last resort) describes the life and tells the stories of beach-goers revolving around a very popular beach located in Trieste, in the Northeast of Italy, where a wall still separates men from women. A film about boundaries, identities and discrimination. A tragicomedy on human nature.

Director Biography

Thanos Anastopoulos was born in Athens and lived between Italy and Greece. His first feature film, Atlas - All the Weight of the World, was presented in 2004 at the Rotterdam Festival; with the next Correction attended the Berlinale in 2008 and has represented Greece at the Oscars; in 2013 he directed The Daughter, selected at the Berlinale and at the Toronto Festival. Davide Del Degan started his career in 1997 as a cameraman, editor and assistant director and production, and then made ​​his directorial debut with some award-winning short films: Running out of love (2001), Internal 9 (2004), The Prisoner (2007), gypsy Tale (2009) and Habibi (2011).

Director

Davide del Degan

Thanos Anastopoulos

Producer

Nicoletta Romeo

Stella Theodorakis

Cinematographer

Debora Vrizzi

Ilias Adamis

Editor

Bonita Papastathi

Matteo Serman

Sound

Francesco Morosini

Havir Gergolet

Contact

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