{"id":1378,"date":"2018-02-10T00:41:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1378"},"modified":"2021-03-08T20:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:21:12","slug":"the-last-hammer-blow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/2015-awards\/the-last-hammer-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST HAMMER BLOW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE LAST HAMMER BLOW \/<\/strong>\u00a0Le Dernier coup de marteau<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518223226768{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

DCP \u2022 1.85 \u2022 Dolby \u2022 Color \u2022 83 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: Alix Delaporte
\nWritten by<\/strong>: Alix Delaporte, Alain Le Henry
\nCinematography<\/strong>: Claire Mathon
\nFilm Editing<\/strong>: Louise Decelle
\nOriginal Score<\/strong>: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
\nProduced by<\/strong>: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Cases (Lionceau Films)
\nCoproduced by<\/strong>: France 2 Cin\u00e9ma
\nCast<\/strong>: Romain Paul (Victor), Clotilde Hesme (Nadia), Gr\u00e9gory Gadebois (Samuel Rovinski)
\n<\/strong>International Sales<\/strong>: Pyramide International<\/p>\n

In this subtle and gratifying coming-of-age drama, newcomer Romain Paul is a revelation as Victor, a high-schooler living in a run-down seaside trailer home. Any young man would have enough on his plate just preparing for a crucial soccer tryout and juggling a stampeding attraction to his teenage neighbor Luna, but Victor also has to cope with the uncertainties of a severely ill mother and a home in bad need of expensive upkeep. When Victor learns that his estranged father, a celebrated orchestra conductor, is staying in a nearby town to conduct Mahler\u2019s 6th<\/sup>\u00a0symphony, he decides to take a chance and go see him. Expecting nothing, Victor is nonetheless surprised when his father gives him exactly that – nothing. But Victor\u2019s persistence is about to change both of their lives.<\/p>\n

For her second feature, writer\/director\u00a0Alix Delaporte<\/strong>\u00a0insisted on working again with Gre?gory Gadebois and Clotilde Hesme, both recipients of Most Promising Actor C\u00e9sar Awards for her first feature\u00a0Angel and Tony<\/em>(COLCOA 2011). After studying screenwriting at La F\u00e9mis, Delaporte wrote for a number of French television series. Her second short,\u00a0Comment on freine dans une descente?<\/em>\u00a0(2006), won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Her feature work is noted for its introspection and a preference of physical and emotional subtext over straightforward dialogue. The film\u2019s title,\u00a0The Last Hammer Blow<\/em><\/strong>, is a reference to the \u201cthree blows of fate\u201d called for in the final movement of Mahler\u2019s 6th<\/sup>symphony, for which Mahler had a special hammer instrument constructed.<\/p>\n

Quotes:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026demonstrates prodigious maturity and tact.\u201d
\nJohn Bleasdale CINEVUE<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026intimate but emotionally satisfying.\u201d
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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518223160851{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] THE LAST HAMMER BLOW \/\u00a0Le Dernier coup de marteau [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518223226768{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2015 DCP \u2022 1.85 \u2022 Dolby \u2022 Color \u2022 83 min Directed by: Alix Delaporte Written by: Alix Delaporte, Alain Le Henry Cinematography: Claire Mathon Film Editing: Louise Decelle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":660,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1378\/revisions\/1380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}