Last Image
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Seen through the filtered lens of boyhood memories, award-winning director Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina crafted this half-fictional, half-autobiographical account of a brief period in the history of an Algerian village. It is 1940, and the quiet town is ruled by French colonialists appointed by the Vichy government. Algerians are being called up for service in the Vichy military, and Jews in the village are in danger of deportation. A beautiful young schoolteacher named Claire Boyer (Veronique Jannot) arrives in town and turns every male head within miles, including 14-year-old Mouloud (Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, the director's son). Simon Attal (Michel Boujenah), a fellow teacher and a Jew, is also attracted to Claire, and so is Mouloud's older brother. Suddenly two murders occur in the village, Simon is in danger of being deported, and the tone shifts from the dreams of boyhood to the realities of manhood.
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Cast
20 people
Véronique Jannot
Claire Boyer
Also in
Philharmonia
The Medic
Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina
Mouloud
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Autumn, October In Algiers
Sandstorm
Jean-Pierre Sammut
Mourad Bourboune
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Known for
The Battle of Algiers
Jean-Claude Carrière
Known for
Certified Copy
Diary of a Chambermaid
Jean Bouise
Langlois
Known for
The Big Blue
Nikita
Jean-François Balmer
Miller
Known for
In the House
Madame Bovary
Michel Boujenah
Simon Attal
Known for
Three Men and a Cradle
Les Miserables
Hassan El-Hassani
Touhami
Known for
Z
Hassan Hassani
Touhami
Mustapha El Anka
Kabrane
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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Director · Philippe Arthuys Composer Jean-Paul Cara Composer
First release May 10, 1986 · Produced in Algeria, France · Production S.I.A (DZ), Elma Productions
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TF1 Films Production
Production
S.I.A (DZ)
Production
Elma Productions
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Algeria · France
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Original title
La Dernière Image
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 10, 1986
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Algeria · June 2, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 19, 1986 · Theatrical
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