La dernière séance
The Last Chapter
Now that the Frenchman Bernard is retired, he is starting the final
chapter of his life. He's moving into a new apartment, which will probably be his last. The much younger Gianluca Matarrese
films his lover as they have sex – they have a BDSM relationship in which Bernard is the master – as well as during more mundane
activities: searching for a lost cat, carefully packing up the dishware. Their conversations are about Bernard’s life. He
lost both his first and his great love to AIDS. He himself came through this dark period physically unscathed, but now the
years are slipping by. Matarrese portrays his lover intimately. The close-ups of Bernard’s face express life experience, wisdom,
and above all, love. The result is an open and unabashed portrait of love in one of its many manifestations. (IDFA)
Films - Selection
La dernière séance (The Last Chapter, 2021, doc) - Fashion Babylon (2021, doc) - Barbara Pravi, voilà qui je suis (2020, mid-length TV doc) - Everything Must Go (2019, doc)
La dernière séance (The Last Chapter, 2021, doc) - Fashion Babylon (2021, doc) - Barbara Pravi, voilà qui je suis (2020, mid-length TV doc) - Everything Must Go (2019, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2022
Gianluca Matarrese
Italy / France
2021
color
100 minutes
French
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Gianluca Matarrese, Nico Morabito
Cinematography
Gianluca Matarrese
Editing
Gianluca Matarrese, Giorgia Villa, Giovanni Donfrancesco
Sound/Sounddesign
Davide Giorgio, Tommaso Barbaro
With
Bernard Guyonnet
Producer(s)
Giovanni Donfrancesco, Jasmina Sijercic
Production
Altara
Films, Bocalupo Films
World Sales
Amarena
Film
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
Venice International Film
Festival 2021