The Last Breath
Action! If there’s one word associated with cinema, the tension of movie sets, and the focus of attention, it’s this one. Action is very often at the heart of popular cinema: Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands in Safety Last! (1923), Cary Grant threatened and strafed by a plane in North by Northwest (1959), Franka Potente gasping for air in Run Lola Run (1998)... Westerns, swashbuckler films, martial arts or adventure flicks, thrillers, all these genres rely on action—sometimes frenetic, sometimes meticulously measured.
From movies by Sergei Eisenstein to Gilles Carle, from John Ford to John Boorman and Werner Herzog, via Paul Verhoeven, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Érik Canuel, and Nicolas Winding Refn, this series will take you through the full range of emotions, from laughter to thrills, from fear to satisfaction.
While already dealing with family problems, Laurent Vaillancourt, a police officer, finds out about the death of his brother, with whom he hasn’t been in touch for a long time. He will have to investigate his brother’s death, which appears to be linked to a trafficking ring.
Richard Ciupka
Richard Ciupka is a Canadian cinematographer and film director, born in Belgium. He is best known for directing the 1983 horror film Curtains, The Last Breath (1999), and both installments on the Mademoiselle C. franchise (2002, 2004). He had collaborations with Louis Malle on the 1980 film Atlantic City, Alexandre Arcady on the 1985 film Hold-Up, and Claude Chabrol on three feature films made in France. Ciupka also filmed or directed over 520 television commercials in Canada and the United States. His work on the Canadian drama series Nouvelle adresse garnered him a Gémeaux award for Best Cinematography (Dramatic) in 2015.
