The Last Hour

The Last Hour (2017)

La hora final

Lima, Peru, 1991. After years of fruitless efforts, a group of police officers finally find a lead on the whereabouts of Abimael Guzmán, the bloodthirsty leader of the communist terrorist gang Shining Path.

Date of release
2017-09-14
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Eduardo Mendoza de Echave

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Luces Award for Best Film

The Last Hour is a 2017 Peruvian crime drama thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Eduardo Mendoza de Echave. It stars Pietro Sibille & Nidia Bermejo. It is based on real events and set at the beginning of the 1990s, a time of terrorism in Peru, specifically during Operation Victoria, which led to the capture of the terrorist leader Abimael Guzmán.

Production

The creation of the film was announced by Eduardo Mendoza de Echave himself in 2015 as a project to revalue the events of the era of terrorism. Between January and February 2017, principal photography began, where Mendoza repeated that the main objective of the film was to reach young audiences.

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