The Last Supper (1976) poster
1976 · drama · cuban

The Last Supper

Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea2h 0m1976
ElsewhereIMDb7.5704TMDB7.823
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intense
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Sombre, measured, measured drama / cuban, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

Our read · The Last Supper (1976) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · cuban entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a rigorous Cuban parable on slavery, faith, and power.

ends unsettlingit stays with yousteady all the waygrips by minute 25attention 5/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if slow historical drama or heavy themes will drain you.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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