Last Supper (2005)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 57M

Director : Lars Bergström, Mats Bigert

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Brian Price
Brian Price
Former Death Row Chef
Mimi Martin
Mimi Martin
Director of Food Studies
Sakae Menda
Sakae Menda
Former Death Row Prisoner
Pra Kru Nanta
Pra Kru Nanta
Buddhist Monk
Bobby Olaguer
Bobby Olaguer
Prison Chaplain
Johan Steynberg
Johan Steynberg
Former Executioner
Attha Youth
Attha Youth
Former Prison Warden

Crews

Lars Bergström
Lars Bergström
Director
Mats Bigert
Mats Bigert
Director
Lars Bergström
Lars Bergström
Writer
Mats Bigert
Mats Bigert
Writer
Vera Bonnier
Vera Bonnier
Production Manager
Charlie Drevstam
Charlie Drevstam
Director of Photography
Gösta Reiland
Gösta Reiland
Director of Photography
Daniel Jonsäter
Daniel Jonsäter
Editor

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