PREVIEW: The Last Photograph (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener), Sarita Choudhury (A Hologram for the King), Stacy Martin (Archive), Jonah Hauer-King (Old Boys), Vincent Regan (Troy), Michelle Ryan (4.3.2.1.), Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Danny Huston (The Maddening), director; Simon Astaire (film debut), writer, producer; Farah Abushwesha (Don’t Hang Up) and Cat Villiers (The Proposition), producers; Peter Raeburn (Behold My Heart), composer; Ed Rutherford (A Long Way From Home), cinematographer; Francisco Forbes (Lost Alamo) and Ximena Alvarez Maschio (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tom Hammond (Huston) has his briefcase stolen, which happens to contain his most treasured possession: the last photograph he shared with his son Luke (Hauer-King), before he was killed on the fateful Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. Tom must now find the briefcase, and with it the photograph, before it disappears from his grasp forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Character actor Danny Huston’s first directorial feature in over twenty-five years is a heartfelt drama about grief and loss, as well as the extraordinary lengths some people go to in order to preserve their final moment of happiness.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 26TH APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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