(4 stars)
Fabrice Toussaint is a philosopher with a certain fame as a essayist and Tertulian on French television. After a medical checkup he faces the trance of the acceptance of death. From the hand of Agustón Masset, a specialist in palliative treatments, Fabrice discovers the exciting philosophical dimension of people who must prepare for death from a vital hope.
Costa Gravras gets into a taboo field In such an elegant way that the viewer immediately forgets all possible prejudices on the subject and immerses himself in his own personal discovery.
‘The last sigh’ is a film where the spectator is not asked for an intellectual effort to enjoy it, but rather an emotional effort. You have to open the mind to a topic that creates rejection. Cost Good roll millennial.
Costa-Gavras does not try to convince us of anything and less of empty slogans to face death, but exposes it to us as a part of life, as do the patients and relatives of the film. Flee from both easy drama and self -help manual. BUsca and finds the emotion without sweeteners and that the subject lends itself to it.
The film surrounded mostly in natural locations, Get a great realism, But not with the aim of increasing its effect, but of fleeing artificialities that can distract us from the rawness of the situation. This staging mixed with the mysterious characteristic pulse of Costa-Gavras produce a tremendously effective rhythm without having to resort to aggressive assemblies. Something available to few directors.
The actors are sensational
It is common in this director to show us new dramatic records in actors already more than known. As is the case of the protagonist duo here. Denis Podalydès and Kad Merad, known actors in French cinema that we rediscover in the last sigh. Especially a Kad who is a common comedies of all kinds and here it is transformed with a sober and contained interpretation of a doctor illuminated by palliative medicine.
The secondary cast is very successful, with actions well at the height of the protagonists. Among several known cinema faces is inevitable not to name Charlotte Rampling that in a small appearance displays her charisma And powerful look. In addition, with a greater weight character Angela Molina appears in a role that allows him to unleash his personal energy.
‘The last sigh’ is an easy movie to see, that It has a philosophical dilemma and a great emotional load, but above all it reaches a sincerity that exceeds the screen. Costa-Gavras is 92 years old, so we are attending a frank personal exercise of acceptance of the end of the life of the author of the work. Maximum artist’s exhibition exercise or perhaps personal catharsis.
I do not say that Costa is in his last moments, I had the opportunity to interview him and his vigor was more than evident, but he is in the last stage of his life and it should not be easy to deal with these issues at that vital moment and less make a film about them. It may be a therapeutic exercise that leads us to the last great conflict of life. Although he is already preparing his next movie.
‘The last sigh’ can help the public who does not know him can access other works of his such as ‘Missing’, ‘Z’ or ‘Capital’. An author in form with a past filmography to discover and a future to wait.
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