The Last Battle

The Last Battle (1983)

Le Dernier Combat

The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" (played by Jean Reno) on his journey through a world filled by people rendered nearly mute by some unknown incident.

Date of release
1983-04-06
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (178)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Luc Besson

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.7M
  • Filmed in: Paris
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award; Sitges Film Festival Best Director award

Le Dernier Combat is a 1983 French post-apocalyptic film. It was the first feature film to be directed by Luc Besson, and also features Jean Reno's first prominent role. Music for the film was composed by Éric Serra. The film was the first of many collaborations between Besson, Reno and Serra. A dark vision of post-apocalyptic survival, the film was shot in black and white and contains only two words of dialogue. It depicts a world where people have been rendered mute by some unknown incident.

Production

Besson described the film as an "imaginary excursion", stating he got the inspiration for the film from an abandoned cinema he saw in Paris. Thinking of all the other abandoned buildings there must be in Paris, Besson decided to create a world where all these places were together, and combined this idea with a previous suggestion that he make a feature-length version of his 1981 debut short film, L'Avant Dernier.

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