Last Film Show

Last Film Show (2022)

છેલ્લો શો

The future belongs to storytellers.

A 9-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a summer watching movies from the projection booth.

Date of release
2022-01-06
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (53)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pan Nalin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Last Film Show, also known as Chhello Show, is a 2021 Indian Gujarati-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Pan Nalin. It stars Bhavin Rabari, Bhavesh Shrimali, Richa Meena, Dipen Raval and Paresh Mehta. The film premiered at the 20th Tribeca Film Festival on 10 June 2021 and was theatrically released in India on 14 October 2022.

Production

The film is semi-autobiographical as Nalin was born and brought up in Adtala village in Saurashtra. Six village boys from local communities of the region were cast. The film was shot in villages and railway station in Saurashtra. He also brought old celluloid Hindi films and a technician to run projectors. The cast is mostly made of child actors. Dilip Shankar, Nalin's friend and casting director, assisted Nalin in casting the child actors.

The film focuses on hope and innocence. It also highlight ending culture of single-screen cinema and 35mm celluloid films in India.

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