Last Days of the Victim

Last Days of the Victim (Spanish: Últimos días de la víctima) is a 1982 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi.^[1] It was written by Aristarain and José Pablo Feinmann, and based on Feinmann's classic novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Last Days of the Victim
Directed by	Adolfo Aristarain
Written by	Adolfo Aristarain José Pablo Feinmann
Based on	Last Days of the Victim by José Pablo Feinmann
Produced by	Héctor Olivera Luis Osvaldo Repetto
Starring	Federico Luppi Soledad Silveyra Ulises Dumont Julio de Grazia [es]
Cinematography	Horacio Maira
Edited by	Eduardo López
Music by	Emilio Kauderer
Production company	Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Distributed by	Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Release date	8 April 1982 (1982-04-08)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 23rd position.^[3] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 36th position.^[4]

Plot

Mendizábal, a professional hitman, is ordered by his anonymous client to spy and murder a wealthy man. But while in his precise and obsessive pursuit, Mendizábal slowly realizes he is being part of a mysterious game of cat and mouse, which itself is tied to a chain of many personal interests.

Cast

• Federico Luppi as Raúl Mendizábal
• Soledad Silveyra as Cecilia Ravenna
• Ulises Dumont as "El Gato" (The Cat) Funes
• Julio de Grazia [es] as Carlos Ravenna
• Arturo Maly as Rodolfo Külpe
• Elena Tasisto [es] as Laura Ramos de Külpe
• Enrique Liporace as Peña
• China Zorrilla as Beba (Landlady)
• Mónica Galán as Vienna
• Carlos Ferreiro as Ferrari

See also

• List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Los últimos días de la víctima". Bafici. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
4. "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

External links

• Last Days of the Victim at IMDb