Last Supper

7.4
2005 0 hr 57 min Documentary

Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the punishment it accompanies. Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström's film “The Last Supper” focuses on this discrepancy between historical “meaning” and contemporary use of a tradition that has lost its connection with the past. The main character is the former death row chef Brian Price, who reconstructs one of the 200 final meals that he prepared during his time as inmate in Huntsville State Prison, Texas.

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Intcatinfo
2005/12/03

A Masterpiece!

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AnhartLinkin
2005/12/04

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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InformationRap
2005/12/05

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Donald Seymour
2005/12/06

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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