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L'ultimo ballo - The last dance

A nice and wealthy Italian lady is abandoned by her adulterous husband. We see their farewell dinner, with also the new girlfriend at the table. The unhappy wife asks the man for a last dance. A sweet memory, or is she out for revenge?

  • Daniele Giammarino
    Director
  • Benn Flore
    Writer
    TV-serie Inspector Renz Vos & short Jenny
  • Florad + Daniele Giammarino
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    l'ultimo ballo - The Last Dance
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Los Angeles Film Festival
    Film by the Sea Flushing
    September 1, 2015
    Semi Finalist
  • Film by the Sea
    Netherlands - Film by the Sea - Vlissingen
    September 19, 2015
    Film by the Sea - Vlissingen
  • Tula Russian Federation
    Tula
    Russian Federation
    September 17, 2016
    Nominated Best Foreign Short
  • Hollywood Screenings
    Hollywood
    United States
    November 18, 2015
    Semi Finalist
Director Biography - Daniele Giammarino

Since I was young, I have always had a keen interest in movies, I just love watching movies. Over the years, I got more and more intrigued with the whole movie making process and filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock and Kim Ki Duk were people I looked up to. I don't like to define myself, I just love what I do: playing with images, creating stories.

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Director Statement

I've always been intrigued by noir novels and noir films. I love that style. That’s why I literally embraced Benn’s project “The last dance”. The first thing I imagined when I read his screenplay was a black and white 50ies style old movie, like those by Alfred Hitchcock I grew up with and that I fully loved. Benn describes a sophisticated atmosphere, poshy but at the same time disquieting. There’s this woman, melancholic and apparently victim of her love betrayed, but she hides a shocking secret. Some women are willing to die for love’